WORKS : 1980s

DRAWINGS FOR THE MARGINOT LINE

Drawings made for inclusion in ‘The Maginot Line’ at Riverside Studios, London. 1988

INSTALLATION AT BELLUARD BOLLWERK

Installation work for Belluard Bollwerk International Festival 1988. 12 July 1988

SLICED CUT

Installation from ‘Images of Silence’ at Abbazia di Novalesa. 9 July – 15 August 1988

CELL WELL

Actuation on Richmond Shopping Centre roof, 3pm-4pm. 23 March 1989

MISSENT

In Lyttleton Theatre, South Bank Centre, in conjunction with ECCO5, 5th Biennial Conference of Federation of European Cancer Societies. 3 – 7 September 1989

STOCK EXCHANGE

Actuation outside the Chicago Stock Exchange, Illinois, 9am – 5pm. 30 November 1989

WORKING OUT, WORKING IN

Joint performance/installation with Nigel Rolfe at LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions). 21 October 1989

SPREAD LEAD

Drawing installation at Fenderesky Gallery. 10-28 October 1988

THE BURN

8 hour non stop performance/installation in the burnt remains of Project Art Space, Dublin. 3 September 1988

‘THE DROP’ PROJECT

Installation work in Dundee city centre for ‘The Drop’ public sculpture project. August 1988

DRIVEN

120 hour non-stop performance at Milk Market, 9pm to 9pm. 1 – 6 November 1988

MEAN AMEND

Actuation at Galeria Teatr. 31 March – 1 April 1982

IS NO

Drawing exhibition and performance/installation at Arnolfini Gallery. 22 October – 27 November 1988

SLOW NO

120 hour durational performance/installation at A.I.R. Gallery. 11-15 May 1988

MIND A GAP

Mixed media drawing installation for Open Futures group drawing show at Ikon Gallery. 9 April – 14 May 1988

SLOW KNOW

Performance/installation at Banff Art Centre as part of the British Performance Series for Walter Phillips Gallery. 3 October 1987

IS NOT

Performance/installation at Spacex Gallery – 72 hours continuous. 21-24 October 1987

OUT THE IN

Performance/installation at 3rd Eye Centre, Glasgow – 50.5 hours, continuous. 16 – 18 October 1987

IN THE OUT

4 day continuous performance/installation for the National Review of Live Art, at Control Room, Riverside Studios, London. 8 – 11 October 1987

BURN NO END

Installation for State of the Nation at Herbert Art Gallery and Museum. 27 September – 1 November 1987

ACTUATION

Performance/installation at King David’s Dungeon, Nottingham Castle. 30 May – 7 June 1987

ACTUATION + BIRTH DEATH DAY

Installation at Octagon Gallery, Belfast, open for one day. 10 February 1987

BURY THE VEIL

3 hour non stop performance/installation at Articule Gallery, Montreal. 26 November 1986

BURY THE VEIL

50 hour non stop performance/installation at Franklin Furnace Gallery, New York. 13-15 November 1986

DEATH STOP

6 hour non stop performance at Ancient Cloisters, Turin. 12 June 1986

SINK A DEATH STOP

Performance/installation at Artspace, Aberdeen, from 10am to 5.30pm non stop. 19 April 1986

HEADLESS (I + II)

Performances at Krzysztofory Gallery and Zacheta Gallery. 8 + 10 January 1986

LIES IN WEIGHT

96 hour non stop performance/installation at Hamilton House (a disused bingo hall) for The British Art Show. 29 May – 2 June 1985

OPEN ART

Installation with drawings at Orchard Gallery. 11-18 May 1985

BODY BREAK

72 hour non stop performance/installation at Mappin Art Gallery for The British Art Show. 21-24 March 1985

HEALING WOUNDS

24 hour non stop performance/installation at Franklin Furnace Gallery, New York. 21-22 February 1985

IF UNDERHAND

48 hour non stop performance/installation at The Royal Scottish Academy as part of The British Art Show 1985. 21-22 February 1985

BURIED ERROR

24 hour non stop performance/installation at Ikon Gallery as part of The British Art Show 1984. 2-3 November 1984

HEALING WOUNDS

Performance/installation at Marginalia – 6 hours non stop. 18 October 1984

BIRTH DEATH DAY

Performance/installation at Edinburgh College of Art, as part of Demarcation ’84 for Edinburgh International Festival. 25-27 August 1984

OFF THE BODY

Performance/installation in the remains of the Project Arts Centre. 21 July 1984

MUD

Performance at International Garden Festival, Liverpool, as part of a storytelling project by The Black-E. 9-10 June 1984

BIRTH DEATH DAY

12 hour performance/installation at 911 (And/Or Gallery), Seattle, Washington. 19 February 1984

BIRTH DEATH DAY

12 hour non-stop performance/installation at Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. 11 February 1984

BIRTH DEATH DAY

12 hour non stop performance/installation at The Artists’ Gallery, Buffalo, New York. 4 February 1984

HEALING WOUNDS

Public performance at the Art Research Exchange, Lombard Street and Cornmarket, Belfast. 17 November 1983

HEALING WOUNDS

12 hour performance/installation at Marginalia, Turin, noon to midnight. 14 October 1983

HEALING WOUNDS

1 hour performance/installation at Fri-Son – a cultural venue in an abandoned hospital. 29 September 1983

HEALING WOUNDS

4 hour non stop performance/installation at Pyramid Art Centre, Rochester, New York. 28 January 1984

FELT CROSSES, FALSE TEETH

12 hour non stop performance/installation at Metro Media – noon to midnight. 9 February 1983

FELT CROSSES, FALSE TEETH

Two performances and installation at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, California. 17-19 February 1983

63 MINUTE SLIDE SHOW

63 minute sound and slide projector installation work at Western Front. 10 February 1983

FELT CROSSES, FALSE TEETH

12 hour performance/installation at Off Centre Centre, from 12 noon to midnight. 1 February 1983

FELT CROSSES, FALSE TEETH

24 hour non stop performance/installation at Mercer Union Gallery. 28-29 January 1983

HUMAN SHEEP

Photograph work for Irish Exhibition of Living Art and book publication. December 1982

HIDDEN LINE

Performance/installation as part of the first Dartington Festival of Performance Art, organised by Ryder’s Gallery. 1983

HUMAN SHEEP

24 hour non stop performance and installation at Laboratorio di Poesia. 11-12 December 1982

SECOND CYCLE

24 hour performance as part of the Projectos e Progestos series at Coimbra University. 19-20 November 1982

FELT CROSSES, FALSE TEETH

Installation in the foyer of the Art and Design Centre, York Street. October/November 1982

HUMAN SHEEP

Installation in the foyer of the Art and Design Centre, York Street. October 1982

CUT OFF

Performance at La Mamelle Gallery. 12 December 1981

NEITHER NOR

120 hour non stop performance at Third Eye Centre. 25-30 January 1982

48 HOURS

48 hour non-stop performance/installation. 22-24 June 1981

HEALING

Performance at Basement Gallery, 24 hours from midnight to midnight. 25-26 September 1981

PERFORMANCE

7 hour performance at the Triskel Art Centre, Cork. 13 June 1981

MIRROR

Performance/installation at the Orchard Art Gallery over the course of one working day. 1980

TIME

13 hour continuous performance for St Andrews University Festival, St Andrews. 14 February 1981

PERFORMANCE

One day continuous performance at A.R.E – Art and Research Exchange. 20 December 1980

PROGRESS

Installed for one working day in the foyer of the Art and Design Centre. 1980

EGG INSTALLATION

Installation at the Rupert Stanley College of Further Education. 1980

PERFORMANCE

3 hour performance, made as part of an exhibition of drawings at Galeria Rysunku. 1980

AS IS

Performance/installation at the Art and Research Exchange over the duration of one working day. 1980

37TH BIRTHDAY INSTALLATION

Installed for one day in the foyer of the Art and Design Centre, York Street. 3 February 1980

LIE TO LAY

120 hour non-stop performance/installation as part of New Work Newcastle ’86, with Projects UK. 3 – 7 March 1986

HANGING

12 hour continuous performance/installation at Crescent Arts Centre. 5 December 1981

BLED EDGE

111 hour non-stop performance/installation in prison cells under Kingsway Princeton College. 19 – 23 September 1988

BAG TO PRAGUE

12 hour non-stop performance in Park Julia Fucika, from 12 noon to midnight. 8 July 1989

TWENTY-FOUR HOURS

Non-stop performance at Projects Arts Centre – midnight to midnight. 24 – 25 April 1981

DAYS AND NIGHTS

144 hours continuous actuation at A.C.M.E. Gallery, London. 11 – 17 January 1981

ALIENTEGRATION

48 hour continuous performance/installation at Furnace Gallery, New York. 7 – 9 April 1983