7 Days in December is a durational performance which took place at Lawndale Art Center in Houston, Texas from Dec 7th - Dec 13th, 2025.

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In this piece Neal sat inside a running shower for the entirety of gallery hours, 6 hours a day, for 7 days straight. He wore a full suit on the first day, and progressively lost one article of clothing until he was fully nude on the final day. Each day the water logged clothes were removed and dropped onto the gallery floor. Neal would dry off with a red towel and hang it on the wall at the conclusion of each day.​

 

The work is dedicated to the flood of Hurricane Harvey, a 2017 disaster which struck the Gulf Coast, and destroyed his grandparents home, as well as Neal's own relationship to despair and suicidality. 

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Read the accompanying essay here