Travis Lee had stated in his speech after 72 that “People spend so much time during their day thinking what they are going to do, they are lost in this moment. Everywhere they go they are somewhere else.” Thus was one of the themes of 72. Travis Lee for 5.5 days quit eating and for 72 hours contained himself in a three foot by six foot by 4 foot wooden box. He wore eye and ear protection to be in complete isolation. “I thought going in that I would be able to think. To be in the moment. But the longer it went on, the less I had to think about. I realized that most of the things I thought about were what I was going to do, or thought in reaction to my environment. In a void of space, I had exactly that to react to--nothing.”
72 was an early project that started to explore themes that Travis Lee would revisit- themes such as isolation, discipline, and self-determination.
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