SNOW

A lot of my work is based on my own performance ideals. Sometimes when I'm emotional I find it very hard to do anything constructive, so I dress up and play around with that instead. I remember there was this one night where I was meant to be going to a party with my boyfriend but i felt unable to leave my flat, I was locked in some kind of downward mental spiral, so I dressed up. It went one step further and ended up with me setting up stage lights in my snow covered yard at midnight, switching on a video camera, blaring out music and dancing in the snow. At one point I was aware of our neighbours watching me from their windows, transfixed, but I did not let this deter me. Exhibitionism always cleanses me of my inner struggles. A few days later, the snow had still not melted, so I had a friend take pictures of me in my performance outfit so that I could have some kind of memento of the event.