rhythms, cycles, and rotations keep all parts of the universe from flying apart from each other: from the smallest negatively charged particles holding together atoms and molecules, to the gravitational forces created by celestial bodies and galaxies.  learn to play the drums in a day! is an endurance performance  reminiscent of conceptual performance pieces dating from the 1960's.  the artist began teaching himself how to play the drums at noon on november 14, 1998, and drummed without ceasing until noon on the following day.  this piece is a metaphor for the learning process by which a artist or musician or human being must upon partake to meet ends.  and of course, it is impossible to learn how to play the drums in a single day...

[above: learn to play the drums in 24 hours!.  still frame from video.  performance (24 hours long)]