1. To choke or retch from nausea. 2. Something forced into the mouth to prevent speech. 3. A hoax or practical joke

Gag involved both real and simulated acts of self-mutilation, being at once sincere and parodic. The piece involved cutting a love heart into my forearm (literally wearing my heart on my sleeve - as the image was printed momentarily onto the shirt before disappearing as the blood soaked through the fabric)

After gagging my mouth with bandages, I then stitched up my lips. The performance ended with the me stripping naked except for a pair of high heeled shoes, then walking through the audience. Almost at the point where I reached the doors, I twisted my ankle, fell, and crawled the remaining distance out onto the street

Gag was conceived for and performed at VAIN Festival of Live Art 2002