'Horse Rabbit Hat' was a performance made at Milton Keynes Gallery as part of an event titled 'Animal Magic', curated by Rebecca Birch (Ledge Gallery) March 4th 2010. The show coincided with an exhibition by Marcus Coates: 'Psychopomp'.
Seated in an office upstairs in Milton Keynes gallery wearing a horse head, with wind up teeth cellotaped in the mouth, and circular mirrors glued on as eyes, I performed a series of terrible magic acts. Black plastic roses were produced from my sleeve, and a white rabbit from a hat. A deck of blank and mirrored cards was shuffled and offered to the audience. An egg was broken and put into a glass. After an hour or so I went wandering round the gallery, posing next to prop mannequins adorned with clothes from Marcus Coates performances/films. Later I returned to the office and set up a sculptural version of my act, chatting to audience members and winding the horse teeth remotely for photographs, whilst standing behind a door.
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