Confessions Of An Idiot (P): "There is substance in the old adage concerning familiarity vis-à-vis contempt, although one could not imagine subscribing to such an aphorism in one's early, embryonic forays into performance art. My recollections are the following..."
Hard Water & Other Objects (P): "Flies in the ointment; spanners in the works; sand in the Vaseline; niggers in the woodpile. Last year, I became interested in materialising these analogies of contamination through the construction of a series of useless objects to be used in performances. The existing object is either altered in some way, or rebuilt from scratch, using materials that display different characteristics. The idea is that the raison d'être of the thing, whatever it is, is inverted, reversed or removed altogether, thus engendering a wholly different language of cause, effect and expectation."
Acme (P): The application of cartoon logic.
A Proposal for the Redevelopment of Phoenix Arts (P): A proposal for the redevelopment of Upper Brown Street, Leicester, with the provision of a new leisure and amenities complex (including a multiplex cinema, themed shopping mall, and 20, 000sq. ft of office space) on the site fomerly known as Phoenix Arts.
King Kong/Planning Permission (P): Institutional bullshit at one of the UK's foremost acting schools.
London Underground (P): Borrowed a friend's London Underground uniform and proceeded to collect tickets form the travelling public at Surrey Quays Quays tube station.
The Costello Show (P): "James Brown? He's nothing but a jive ass nigger. Ray Charles is nothing but a blind ignorant nigger. Fuck Ray Charles, fuck niggers and fuck you." Elvis Costello, 1979
Key: V - Video / P - Performance / T - Talk
The Costello Show (1999)