Zombies in Condoland
in progress 2008
Zombies in Condoland is a performance for Nuit Blanche Toronto (Oct 4, 2008), curated by Gordon Hatt, which is the spectacle of a zombie film shoot. The website is created to invite participation and give information to prospective zombies
• website produced in residence at La Chambre Blanche
in Québec City.
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Vamp it Up
March, 2008
I transform myself from normal to vampire in the midst of a train commute.
•performed on the elevated train, Chicago. The title refers to vamping, the act of turning someone into a vampire or improving something; and to vamp the female vampire seductress.
Featured in solo show at ThreeWalls in Chicago.
Horror Make-up
July 15, 2006
I transform myself from normal to zombie in the midst of a daily subway commute.
•performed on the L train, New York City. Featured in solo shows at Moti Hasson Gallery in New York, at ThreeWalls in Chicago, and in ArtMoving's Project Space, Brooklyn. In group shows at Reina Sophia Museum in Madrid, The Krannert Museum in Illinois, and NAB Gallery in Chicago.
Dinner for 2
with Beckley
Roberts
May 12, 2006 • 1 evening
Two dinner guests, chosen by lottery, were invited to the gallery. The guests were seated at their own tables facing in opposite directions and separated by a room divider. Through laptops on the tables, the diners were connected virtually via iChatAV. Simultaneously, video cameras captured images of the guests' profiles and sent them to a local web server, reversing the images to create the impression that the guests were seated together at one table. Dressed as waiters, we served a meal consisting of "America's favourite foods", as determined from web searches, and occasionally offered facts about the food items. During dinner, the guests were photographed by the performers, and the food items were placed in the window for passersby to examine.
• performed at New General Catalog 224 Gallery, Brooklyn
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Billy Bob Temporary Tattoos
Dec 2, 2005 • 1 evening
My recent work in various media investigates celebrity obsession through an ongoing body of work titled Me and Billy Bob. I staged an intervention at the Miami Scope Fair's VIP party, casually offering Billy Bob star tattoos, with application, to attendees. The Billy Bob Temporary Tattoo, Star Edition, was created as an artist's project for Art Papers magazine and to celebrate Billy Bob's new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Ivy League
with Beckley Roberts
June 18 2005 • 1 day
Based on the website Ivy League, 2 performers representing the conflicting premise that "we support the eradication and spread of English Ivy in North America", simultaneously plant and weed ivy in a public parkette. We offer advice to passersby amidst a tangled vine of knowledge about this invasive species.
• performed in Toronto as part of Parkette, a public art exhibition curated by Jenny McMaster for Gallery 1313. Documentation exhibited in Synthesis and Distribution, Experiments in Collaboration at Pace University.
• with support from Pace University. Click for more details
Mile Share
2003 • 9 days
I invited strangers to walk or run a mile with me. Each participant could choose a mile with personal significance. The installation in a storefront featured marked maps and photos of participants at our destinations.
• performed at The Cleveland International Performance Art Festival
and as part of Probing into the Distance, a public art exhibition at CAFKA
- Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area
• with support from Pace University
Advice Lounge
2004 • 3 days
I invited passersby to seek free, non-professional advice. Although we are face to face, we communicated via a web 'lounge interface', custom chat application, and webcams.
• performed at Spasm II Public Art Festival in Saskatoon, Canada;
ISEA 2004 in Tallinn, Estonia; Art + Technology Syposium at University
of Utah, Salt Lake City; and New Forms Festival, Vancouver.
• note - advice continues to be available online
on occasion.
Seams
2002-4 • 2 weeks to 1 month
• Installed in a storefront, sewing, I invited passersby and strangers
via newspaper ads to lend me their favourite article of clothing. We spoke
about thier personal fears and anxieties and I embroidered an individual
protection message on the inside of their clothing.
• performed in New York as part of LMCC's Looking In public art
exhibition; in Regina, SK as part of Neutral Ground Gallery's Conjunction
performance art series; and in Kelowna, BC in residence at Alternator
Gallery
Not Sharing
2003 • 1 night
curated by Praxis for Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Sept 18 7-10pm, Woolworth Building, NYC
• performance artists making work that flies in the face of their
usual practice.
• i walked around slowly at a private party in a velvet dress,
carrying a tray of beautiful chocolates which i was eating. I smiled at
guests and if they reached or asked for a chocolate i told them 'sorry,
i'm not sharing'.
Houseplant
2002-3 • 1 - 5 months
>• I invited passersby to receive a free houseplant in their homes.
They could choose one from an installation garden and I would deliver
and place it in their home.
• performed in New York as part of LMCC's Looking In public art
exhibition; and in Flushing Town Hall Gallery in Queens as part of the
Concerning Nature exhibition.
• with support from The Canada Council on the Arts
Love Tattoo
2003• Valentines Day
• I invited passersby to receive 'Be Mine' Tattoos • performed at Grand Central station in New York as part of The Love a Commuter project
Alien Tattoo
2003 • 3 days
• I invited elevator passengers to receive Alien Tattoos. Everyone
is an alien in the city, by sharing the mark we acknowledge the absurdity
of the terminology
• performed in a passenger elevator in DUMBO, Brooklyn as part
of The Freight Elevator Project, curated by Ombretta Agro,
• with support from The Canada Council on the Arts
Power Tattoo
2003 • 9 days
• I invited passersby to receive Power Tattoos.
• performed in a civic square as part of Power to the People, a
public art exhibition for CAFKA - Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and
Area
• with support from The Canada Council on the Arts
Candy For Strangers
2002• Valentines Day
• I invited passersby to receive foil-wrapped candy with the phrase,
Be Mine
• performed at Union Square subway station in New York as part
of The Love a Commuter project
• with support from The Canada Council on the Arts
Borrowed Things
2002-3 • 1 month
• I invited strangers via ads in the newspaper to lend me their
favourite object. I would live with and use these objects in my daily
life and record my interactions with them.
• performed in a solo show at SAW Gallery in Ottawa, ON; and at
Hunter College Times Square Gallery as part of the Second Site exhibition
• with support from The Canada Council on the Arts
Ready to Play
2001 • 3 days
• I invited passersby to stop and play a game with me. I wore a
tshirt that said 'Ready to Play'
• performed on Elgin Street in Ottawa, ON; and on Jackson Avenue
in Queens, NY
• with support from The Canada Council on the Arts
Shampoo
2001 • 3 days
• I invited strangers via ads in the newspaper to come in for a
shampoo
• performed at 42 Street Hair in Winnipeg, and at Spin Gallery
in Toronto for MIX Magazine's Social Exchange project
• with support from The Canada Council on the Arts
Tailor Made
2001 • 3 days
• I invited strangers via ads in the newspaper to lend me their
favourite article of clothing. They signed a contract giving me permission
to re-invent the clothing as I saw fit. I remade each article into an
entirely new garment, which fit the owner. For example - a jacket became
a skirt, pants became a shirt.
• performed at Galerie La Centrale's Mois de la Performance in
Montréal, and at Headquarters in Toronto.
Auto Sex-Change Operations
6 months, 1998
• I placed 'Vulva' stickers on 500 parked Volvos in New York City
• video exhibited at Hunter College Times Square Gallery, and Here
Arts Center in New York
Construction Wear I
photographs
1998