Worn three times.

Marta Dworakowska actually liked the sneakers she handed in for remaking, they were cool and chique, but just not comfortable. She had tried wearing them three times before giving up. I wanted to keep what she liked about them, and at the same time address the problem of discomfort. Because of this I didn’t want to turn them into something radically different, but keep the shoeiness of them. Thinking about what would be the most comfortable thing to walk on, it struck me that surely, it had to be another foot, not in the sense of being the softest thing you can walk on, but rather in stimulating the most pleasant sensory input. I went ahead and completely cut of the soles of the sneakers before joining them together with elastic string (for that extra wriggle-room).

Find a friend with the same shoe size.

To use them you first need to find a friend with the same shoe size. Then sit down on a comfortable rug, or the grass, or something, and step into the shoe together. Relax and feel the soles of each others feet, realizing that every slight pressure and movement is felt by both of you, and by a part of your bodies that is almost never treated to a delicate touch. Socks are optional, depending on how well you know each other.

Object no. 19