{"id":121412,"date":"2026-07-03T07:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T07:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/121412\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T07:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T07:19:12","slug":"an-endless-act-of-cleaning-unfolds-on-a-floating-platform-in-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/121412\/","title":{"rendered":"an endless act of cleaning unfolds on a floating platform in berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CAUTION WET FLOOR imagines an everyday domestic task as art<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An everyday domestic task, specifically, mopping the floor, is relocated to a new context to draw attention to a form of labor that often goes unnoticed. Performed on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/floating-architecture-and-artificial-islands\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">floating<\/a> platform by Insola, in the middle of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-berlin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Berlin\u2019s<\/a> River Spree, the act of cleaning is detached from its practical purpose and presented as a continuous, repetitive action.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The six-hour durational performance by artist Lara Lussheimer examines the tension between routine labor and the desire to impose order. By placing a familiar domestic gesture within an environment where it appears functionally unnecessary, the work, CAUTION WET FLOOR, reflects on the persistence of repetitive actions and the limits of control.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1197829 size-medium lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"an endless act of cleaning unfolds on a floating platform in berlin - 1\" width=\"811\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/caution-wet-floor-performance-floating-platform-lara-lussheimer-insola-berlin-designboom-3-811x1000..jpeg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>CAUTION WET FLOOR is a six-hour durational performance by Lara Lussheimer | image by Karacho Berlin<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>six-hour performance examines labor, repetition, and control<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the performance, the sequence of wetting the floor, mopping, placing the \u2018CAUTION WET FLOOR\u2019 sign, and waiting for the surface to dry is repeated continuously by <a href=\"https:\/\/laralussheimer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">artist<\/a> Lara Lussheimer before beginning again. Surrounded by the river, the action unfolds against an expanse of water that reinforces its apparent futility, transforming an ordinary maintenance task into a sustained reflection on labor, repetition, and the impossibility of ever fully completing the act.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"an endless act of cleaning unfolds on a floating platform in berlin - 2\" width=\"818\" height=\"1090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/caution-wet-floor-1-6a353f57d711d.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>the performance takes place on Insola\u2019s floating platform | image by Karacho Berlin<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAUTION WET FLOOR imagines an everyday domestic task as art \u00a0 An everyday domestic task, specifically, mopping the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[99],"tags":[12446,112,44677,190],"class_list":["post-121412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-architecture-in-berlin","tag-berlin","tag-floating-architecture","tag-germany"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116854834084994889","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}