Finally, I have made it back into the studio for the first time this month! Shocking really although it feels really good to be here. In my studio I have hanging up my outfits from past performances and a Safety on board leaflet, which I stole from my last British Airways flight. I have a fascination with ‘how to’ illustrations and the step-by -step instructions of escaping from somewhere. Feeling frustrated with the art world I recently made a statement on twitter: I dreamt of riding a bicycle full fucking stop. I heard the start of this phrase on TV, which I get a lot of my inspiration from and in the spur of the moment I added the full fucking stop. I like the aspirational idea of a bicycle, which can mobilise you although I cut this short reflecting the reality of limited to non-existent social mobility.
For a while I have been thinking about doing an intervention and feel I would like to use this statement somehow. I read on twitter a complaint about the lack of labels at the Frieze Art Fair, which seem to be out of fashion. I love a well type set label and have set my statement in this style. As soon as I typed this into Word it reminded me of the famous ‘fcuk’ French Connection campaigns. Could I simply place this statement on a crisp white t-shirt? I could flash mob somewhere, but were? I did consider wearing funeral attire, wearing a label, using myself as the artwork. However I really like how I could scale this work up by using other people. I think Michael Mayhew has inspired me. If you live in Manchester, would you wear a t-shirt and be part of an intervention?
