Kinaree
(Thai mythological creature – half woman, half bird.)

An 8 hour performance where a body, covered in fat & honey, is enclosed within a feather filled glass structure.  The external view of the structure resembles a giant snow dome and just as one can create a snow scene with a simple shake of the dome, the presence of people with in the surrounding space affect circulation of the feathers.  In contrast the fixed camera view from inside shows a very different image, that of a body trapped in a scientific experiment, being constantly monitored as it attempts to metamorphose into half bird, half human in the hope that, one day, the ability to fly (without the aid of aircraft) will become an innate part of the physical human body.


Performed at:

The National Review of Live Art 2003, The Arches, Glasgow

About You & Your Fears, McManus Galleries, Dundee

The Empty Space, Independent Studios, Merchant City Festival, Glasgow