Bosani’s fluid artworks, the Unidentified Performing Objects are activated during the performance.

Wearing them, gradually, from the lowest heel height (7.5 cm) to the tallest (205 cm) the performers invite the audience to reflect on sculpture, fashion, gender and identity.

When does a shoe become a sculpture?

What does masculine mean?

Who gets to wear heels?

Challenging gender norms and stereotypes, the performance introduces queer and ever-changing identities: the performers’ faces behind soft fabrics, their bodies styled with genderless garments, and their feet inside the artworks. Rising above, equally powerful and fragile.

The heel height of the Unidentified Performing Objects gives them their titles, and the exhibition display – presented in the Exhibitions section of the website – follows a gradual growth in height as does the live performance.

Unidentified Performing Objects is the closing performance of Bosani’s residency at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Funded by Adobe Foundation and produced by the V&A Friday Late team and Residency team.