(If) Not For Me, (If) Not For
You, November 2001 Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, British
Columbia, presented during Live: biennial of performance art A sound-based costume using the cutlerly
dress, comprised of sixty pieces of silver-plated utensils
affixed to the front and back of a cotton knee-length, sleeveless
frock. This performance questioned aspects of restriction
(self-imposed and forced), habit, belonging and transformation.
Offering plates of chocolate cake (and cutlery) to the individual
audience members, I garnished each slice with a freshly cut
lock of hair from my (and occasionally a willing audience
member's) head.
Operation Cake Walk,
October 2001 Anticorps, Montreal, Quebec, a
site-specific performance presented during ReciproCité,
a three-city performance exchange between Montreal, Toronto
and Vancouver A post-September 11th store-front tableau
vivant addressing issues of control, consumerism and privilege.
In a starkly lit environment, six nude caucasian people played
The Game of Risk. "Moves" were made by eating forkfuls
of a large piece of chocolate cake placed at each person's table-setting.
A whole, un-touched cake sat pristinely in the centre of the
table — hence in the middle of the game and on top of the
world. With the participation of Sylvette Babin, Stephen Cacclin,
Paul Couillard, Louise Dubreuil and Tagny Duff.
