Memory Replacement London – The Flip Side
The only photograph from my performance Memory Replacement London – The Flip Side on Leicester Square in London following Election Day 2016 and Brexit. This is not my face, I found the photograph on (then) Twitter because she tagged me.
My vision for the performance, originally to take place in Hyde Park.
Story began on Election Day 2016 when I asked New Yorkers to write me a message on a canvas I wore on Union Square, and a couple of weeks later I took the same canvas, flipped it over and asked Londoners to write me a message, on Leicester Square.
This was my second time in London ever and I didn't really know the city that well. By the time I arrived it was late afternoon and I realized the location I had picked for the piece in London was pitch dark by 3pm. My only shot at doing the performance was the next day, due to weather.
It was evening when I strolled down The Mall in London and saw a couple of policeman sitting in a cruiser in full riot gear. I told them my predicament that I need a relatively well lit place with tons of traffic to do an art piece and we chatted for a bit and they said, sure, try Leicester Square.
It was cold, I hid behind a column on Leicester Square and dressed up. I decided to work the Lego store line on the square. I remember people telling me this is the ugliest thing they had ever seen, others gave me coin donations.
