Breath in a Bag utilises the motifs of breath and anxiety, which regularly occur in Oram's work. Where the artist often places himself at the centre of the action, here he channels his performance into soft sculpture.
Breath in a Bag (2011)
Ngā ataata nā James OramOther works by James Oram
James Oram
Feeling the Burn (2006)
A work of endurance that draws the spectator into the artist's cycles of action and breath.
James Oram
We found love (2012)
We Found Love records several layers of social and technological interaction at one remove from the present.
James Oram
Self Generating (2006)
The artist pedals an exercycle to power their ego, or sense of self.
