Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Gurls

Gurls, 2012, performance, 3 mins


Caroline and I walk out of the crowd and she plugs in a stereo while I took a swig of my beer. She walks to the other side of the gallery and I slowly pump up my water pistol in silence. When I have adequate pressure I stop and turn on the music, “California Gurls” by Katy Perry. I begin to squirt Caroline in the face with buttermilk from my water pistol, pumping intermittently. It covers her face and drips onto her white shirt. When I run out of juice I place the water pistol on the floor. Caroline walks towards me and places her hands either side of my face, I put mine on her hips. She leans in, as if for a kiss, and begins to clean her face with my tongue. When she’s finished she wipes my chin, we bend down for our drinks and walk back into the crowd with the music still playing.

I'm your Venus, Pt II


























I'm your Venus, Pt II, 2012, performance installation

I shaved continuously during the opening hours of for the exhibition, beginning from where I had to leave off in Pt I, moving onto regrowth from the previous performance and then going over my freshly shaved skin. There was about five hours over two days. In this version the audience were able to see me through the windows of the tent as well as being able to watch the live feed on the external monitor.