Performance
I’d obviously impressed Mr. Let’s Paint with my paintings of avocados and portabello mushrooms, so he invited me back for yet another appearance on his live web tv show. Somehow, despite hardly saying a word while the show was on … Continue reading I am Mr. Let’s Paint
For my second day on Let’s Paint TV John broadcast the show live from his back yard where we attempted to run on treadmills, paint, barbeque and play badminton all at the same time. Unfortunately, we were besieged by electrical … Continue reading Lets Paint, Bbq and Play Badminton TV
After performing my homage to John Kilduff (a.k.a. Mr. Let’s Paint) by exercising, cooking pancakes and painting a male burlesque dancer as he stripped, I plucked up the courage to write to the man himself. I was positively chuffed when … Continue reading Special Guest on Let’s Paint TV
This event at Tate Britain was modelled after a community gathering that I went to as a child. Traditionally a Penny Social is a fundraiser where people pay for sheets of tickets to bet on assorted knick knacks and bric-a-brac … Continue reading Penny Social
Experts believe women are better than men at multitasking. Therefore, in this 10-minute performance I put my femininity to the test by simultaneously exercising, making pancakes and capturing the likeness of my muse, the male burlesque dancer British Heart. Please … Continue reading Multitasking
When was the last time you really took notice of your surroundings? Whether it’s natural beauty or some unique and interesting detail that usually goes unnoticed? So often we go through life and we forget to be aware of the … Continue reading The No Pain No Gain Workshop
This piece is a contemporary reinterpretation of Judy Chicago’s Cock and Cunt Play (1971), a comedic skit about gender stereotypes and domestic violence. It was first performed at Womanhouse (1972) by Faith Wilding and Janice Lester who wore black leotards … Continue reading Cock and Cunt Play Today
Tableaux Vivants is a constellation of imagery, poses and language taken from the history of performance art. Beginning with an imitation of Vanessa Beecroft’s VB16 (1996), one of the models reaches down and pulls a scroll from her vagina, evoking … Continue reading Tableaux Vivants
The Ties That Bind highlights the recurrent use of binding throughout the history of performance art as a metaphor for both women’s entrapment in society (within certain roles) and conversely, in a more positive light, women’s connectedness to others, their … Continue reading The Ties That Bind
As the result of my having received the ‘Art in the Archive: Living with Make Bursary’ from The Women’s Art Library/Make and Feminist Review, I organised an evening of rediscovery and new feminist performance art entitled Once More With Feeling. The event took … Continue reading Once More With Feeling
At Elevator Gallery’s annual Zero de Conduit event, five ladies and one gentleman took over the dance floor, doing the hustle in formation to The Bee Gee’s hit ‘You Should be Dancing’. Hips thrusting and arms gyrating, the stud took each … Continue reading We All Liked Him
For this performance I fulfilled a lifelong dream to pop out of a cake. It was the opening of Elevator Gallery’s first exhibition Magical Thinking. The cake was displayed all night and I snuck into it just before my performance … Continue reading All I Do Is Dream of You
As part of the ‘Into Position’ art festival in Vienna, I was invited to participate in Failure Notice, an exhibition about the process of exchange and the consequences of miscommunication. I showed my video Excess Baggage which was made as the result … Continue reading A New Love Is A New Life
This performance took place on the opening night of my solo exhibition at the gallery Red District in Marseille. Typical of my first live performances, the piece continued the pairing of personal dialogue with Hollywood choreography that I began in … Continue reading Lightness and Weight
This was my first live performance. It was created for the premiere screening of my film All My Life and continued its themes. I delivered a monologue written by Rachel Rosenthal and then invited my dance partner onto the floor … Continue reading The Time of My Life