MOONRAKE

'MOONRAKE' WAS A PERFORMANCE MADE IN SUMMER 2009, IN NORWICH, UK, AS PART OF A LIVE ART EVENT TITLED 'THE GARDEN OF CYRUS' (AFTER A BOOK BY 15TH CENTURY WRITER SIR THOMAS BROWNE) CURATED BY DOMINIQUE NEWEY.

THE EVENT TOOK PLACE ON A STREET OUTSIDE 'THE DRAGON HALL', A VERY OLD MERCHANT BUILDING. 

I STOOD VERY STILL, OR MOVED VERY SLOWLY, WEARING A HIGH VISIBILITY WAISTCOAT WITH 'ASBO' MARKED ON THE BACK, AND A TRAFFIC CONE ON MY HEAD.

A BRONZE STATUE OF SIR THOMAS BROWNE IN NORWICH CITY CENTRE IS FREQUENTLY ADORNED WITH A TRAFFIC CONE.

THE PERFORMANCE TOOK PLACE AT MIDDAY ON ONE OF THE HOTTEST DAYS OF SUMMER. THE TRAFFIC CONE CHANNELLED AND AMPLIFIED A PLEASING, COOLING HOWL OF WIND AROUND MY HEAD, ALLOWING ME TO CONTINUE THE WORK.