title>
Sleeping Rough
medium>
performance
date> 2003
description> I slept in a sleeping bag, wearing a
toque, at a nightclub party and at an art fair, as if transposed from
the street outside. I had speculated that the vulnerability of my oblivion
might elicit a range of emotions from revulsion to empathy, and questions
of appropriate behaviour and responsibility.
presentations> 14 November 2003, C Magazine party,
Gladstone Hotel, Toronto; 15 November 2003, Toronto International Art
Fair
title> HIGH NOON
medium> site-specific performance using existing architecture, corner of University Avenue and Front Street, Toronto
time> 13 May 2004, noon, 20 minutes
description> A ritualized meeting in the central business district of Toronto. The site is a concrete pad ringed by metal chain and posts, on a grassy traffic island surrounded by office towers and a historic hotel. At high noon the performers converged on the site from separate directions, removed their street clothing to reveal boxing gear, and began to spar. A cyclist rang her bicycle bell to end each of three rounds. After the third round the performers re-dressed and went their separate ways.
credits> Assisted by Anitra Hamilton, Phil Klygo and Tracy Cocks.
Homemaking
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