I will be hung!

I have decided after much contemplation to suspend myself by a cable from the beam in the gallery rather than fight to have 10 10' 2x4s delivered here by 18 Lumber or risk denting the roof of someone's (like reid's) car which they so generously have offered for me since this week has turned me psychotic--and not in a fun psycho way but in a sad mad blehghrargh psycho way.

I have built a box which will be cabled to the ceiling which the skirt will be draped around ending with a metal hoop around the floor to weight the fabric into a bell shape. This will enable me to choose which height i want to be without having to be limited by the length of the 2x4s and also allow for easier mobility (both swinging, to a degree, but more importantly for breakdown and transport). I worry a bit about this construction though because of the eventual shape of the skirt. I don't want it to be very very conical, but more billowy. Perhaps tulle could be a solution.
I worry a little about the look of being on a swing. i'm not sure if that's really my intention. It is related to the east asian culture i am looking at, but i don't think i want it to be a factor into the piece. perhaps there is a way to hide the cables, paint, a theater trick.

I would like to make an opening, a door in the fabric, enabling people to go inside beneath me. I'm considering having myself weighted, bound around the legs, with a weight of junk (something, i haven't decided yet) beneath the skirt.
A reminder of being shackled, reminiscent of foot binding. Slow suffering in silence.









skirt - design, doorway, metal hoop base
kimono
sleeves
box/waistband
cable/clips
face paint/gems

interior:
bound legs
lantern
lamp
rope
objects - apple, clock, wires, pin cushion, utensils
mat
shoes