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Touch Cinema
2015Come see me profess my love of feminist performance at Artsadmin this Thursday. I will be performing at Owen G. Parry’s subscription fan club devoted to the curious relationship between live!art practice and fan fiction.
Remains
2014This work lays to rest the woman who ‘has it all’, in an homage to Kathie Amatniek’s “Funeral Oration For The Burial of Traditional Womanhood”, which was written for the first protest of the women’s liberation movement in 1968.
Witch Zap Action
2014Disguised as my alter-ego Granny Fanny, I offered makeovers to various women at the private view of the exhibition “Witch” curated by Seana Wilson and Caroline Halliday. I approached women by saying, “I love your look”, followed by something along the … Continue reading Witch Zap Action
Introducing The Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP
2014In this parodic performance, I play the newly appointed UK Secretary of State for Education, Nicky Morgan, defending her educational policies to an audience gathered to celebrate the demise of her predecessor Michael Gove.
Art in the Age of Austerity
2013In this parodic speech as former UK Cultural Secretary Maria Miller, I argue that the arts must make an economic case. If that fails to convince the audience, then my fabulous dance routine should force them to empty their pockets.
The Art Party
2013By invitation of Bob and Roberta Smith I participated in the Art Party Conference, a dizzying event to advocate art to the UK government. This entailed boarding a bus at 4.45am…
The O Show @ The Art Party
2013By invitation of Bob and Roberta Smith I participated in The Art Party Conference, a dizzying event to advocate art in schools to the UK government. This durational, special edition of The O Show entails interviews with the participating artists Richard Wentworth, Patrick Coyle, Sylvia Ziranek and many more.
Remote Control
2012‘How much has TV influenced our desires?’ This was the question at the heart of my performance in response to the ICA’s exhibition Remote Control, which surveys the impact that television has had upon contemporary culture. As part of their series … Continue reading Remote Control
Bat Mitzvahs Revisited
2012Rachel Mars and Mekella Broomberg invited me to participate in Bat Mitzvah’s Revisited, a spoken word event in celebration of International Women’s Day. I was one of ten “brilliant women” from different generations who were invited to deliver our bat-mitzvah … Continue reading Bat Mitzvahs Revisited
The Impenetrable Power of The Phallic Matron
2011For Bob & Roberta Smith’s event Women Should Be in Charge at the ICA on 20 May 2011, I performed a series of iconic moments from feminist history. Wearing a Sarah Palin mask and Ms. Alaska sash, I walked on … Continue reading The Impenetrable Power of The Phallic Matron
The Do It All Dating Game
2011The Do It All Dating Game, hosted by John Kilduff (a.k.a. Mr Let’s Paint) and his doting assistant, Oriana Fox. It’s just like The Dating Game and Blind Date, but updated to suit our frenzied, 21st century lifestyles! Available bachelors … Continue reading The Do It All Dating Game
Let’s Paint TV Appearances in 2011
2011I took a trip out to Los Angeles to guest star in three episodes of Let’s Paint TV. We exercised, painted and cooked an English breakfast, bombay potatoes and trifle.
How To Make Anyone Fall In Love With You
2010Science has caught up with love! Inspired by the internationally acclaimed writer, motivational speaker and corporate trainer Leil Lowndes, I delivered an instructional lecture to a crowd of lonely hearts that had gathered in a derelict building in Camberwell, organised … Continue reading How To Make Anyone Fall In Love With You
Tableaux Vivants for One
2010I am a living archive; I find it much easier to speak in quotations and to move my body within the confines of popular choreography or to recreate images and gestures I have seen before. However, to re-enact my own … Continue reading Tableaux Vivants for One
Performance Art Can Change Your Life For The Better
2010Before I became a performance artist I was shy and introverted; I went around dressed as if I was invisible. I sat behind my sewing machine or my easel and I made my art as an inner exploration, taking what … Continue reading Performance Art Can Change Your Life For The Better
A Portrait of the Artist as an Old Cunt
2010I was invited by Magdalena Suryani to perform at China Gorilla’s Intergalactic club night held at the Bloomsbury Ballroom which featured live art around a futuristic theme. My original plan was to do something involving dance, but because of an … Continue reading A Portrait of the Artist as an Old Cunt
The Ultimate Multitasking Challenge
2010This performance took place at the Temporary Autonomous Art Festival in Hackney Wick. I wrote the following text as a press release for a blogger who didn’t end up writing about the work: Oriana Fox had been suffering from low self-esteem since puberty. Throughout … Continue reading The Ultimate Multitasking Challenge