I need a sign: 21 attempts to walk on water

Beatrice Waller, I need a sign: 21 attempts to walk on water, 2018. Video Performance, 4 minutes, 41 seconds.

I need a sign: 21 attempts to walk on water is a self-critique of my desire to challenge God to prove his existence. It depicts the artist attempting to walk across a kid’s inflatable pool in the natural environment 21 times. Through futile, repetitive action, it explores the human desire to seek meaning, drawing from The Myth of Sisyphus in Classical Mythology where Sisyphus was condemned to pushing a boulder up a mountain only for it to roll back down again every time it reached the summit. This constant cycle reflects the tension between the desire to see if miracles exist and simultaneously wanting to remain in ignorance, symbolised in the work by the repeated failure of the performer.