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
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
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
IS NO
Drawing exhibition and performance/installation at Arnolfini Gallery. 22 October – 27 November 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
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
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
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
HEALING
Performance at Basement Gallery, 24 hours from midnight to midnight. 25-26 September 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
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