Kukhu

Perfromance
Duration: 20 minutes
Max. audience capacity: 15



Kukhu (pronounced koohoo) is an intimate performance adapted from a dying tradition of oral story-telling in rural Kenya.
In this atmospheric performance, the artist interacts with her audience and actively shares her inner personal experiences of living in the UK and Kenya, drawing and engaging each audience member from being a passive witness to active participant.


KUKHU @ WILLESDEN GREEN
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Exorcism

ex.or.cism noun the act of ridding the mind of oppressive feelings or memories.
Performance
2003
Duration: 3 days




Exorcism was a 3 day diary performance set in a cellophane wrapped room.

DAY 1
I spent 12 hours thinking and writing. I dipped my index finger in black shoe polish and wrote my thoughts on the walls. My writing consisted of the Sanskrit alphabet and English phonetics.

DAY 2
I spent 12 hours writing. I dipped my index finger in black shoe polish and wrote my thoughts on the floor.
My writing consisted of the Sanskrit alphabet and English phonetics.


DAY 3
I spent 6 hours rigorously scrubbing. I dipped a brush into a bucket of soapy water and scrubbed away all the writing on the floor.




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Mirror Movement

Performance
2002

A stage performance devised for Bloomsbury theatre.
I wore a costume covered in mirrors and performed a routine involving spotlights reflecting light from the mirrors and a haze machine revealing the beams of light.



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