Performance over a long period of time.
I will perform a single action: silently “trying to push a wall,” while hoping the audience will join me. I intend to express that no matter what kind of “world,” big or small, one tries to build, or what kind of change one hopes to make, an individual’s will and action are both important yet insignificant—just like how spending ten minutes pushing a wall will not make it move even slightly. Such an act may seem absurd and irrational. However, if others see it and decide to join in, the act of “pushing the wall” may appear less absurd, even somewhat reasonable, though the wall still won’t move.
But if such an act continues over time -- months, years -- and involves more and more people, there might be a faint possibility that the wall could begin to shift. This, I believe, lies at the core of the metaphysical concept of world-building: any sustainable change requires a community of people who come together to act collectively (for example, pushing this wall, pursuing gender equality, opposing racism, protecting the environment, etc.). Only then can small voices begin to be heard within such a vast world.
I also frame this interactive performance as a kind of “social experiment,” where the audience’s responses are what I am curious and uncertain about, and the performance itself serves as a way to observe them.