25th February 2011
As part of Beacons, Icons and Dykons
Censor-tive Information was developed specifically for Act Art 8 and was a conceptual live art piece that took place over the course of the evening. Starting with a large blank sheet of paper hung on a wall, I wrote in paint various descriptions of incidents in my life where I have been the subject of homophobic abuse. When the text was finished, passers-by were asked to act as censors and paint out the single most offensive word in the story in thick red paint, effectively changing the meaning of the text and blotting out the parts of history that they do not wish to see. When the red paint dried, a word of the opposite meaning to the one it replaced will be painted over the top of it, transforming it into a new biography: a censored version of my own life.
4 Princess Row,
Bristol,
BS2 8NQ
Entry: £5
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