Mermaids, tentacles and other stories is a lecture/performance a form that I have been developing over the past year. In effect I am painting with videos and images creating a live collaging effect while simultaneously overlapping with voice and song. This performance was part of Between Aeaes and the rocks of Scylla curated by Anne Duffau and Alix Marie at The Horse Hospital.
Look at this stuff
Isn't it neat?
Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?
Wouldn't you think I'm the girl
The girl who has ev'rything?
Look at this trove
Treasures untold
How many wonders can one cavern hold?
Lookin' around here you'd think
(Sure) she's got everything
I've got gadgets and gizmos aplenty
I've got whozits and whatzits galore
(You want thingamabobs?
I got twenty)
But who cares?
No big deal
I want more
I want to be where the people are
I want to see
want to see 'em dancin'
Walkin' around on those
(Whad'ya call 'em?) oh - feet
Flippin' your fins you don't get too far
Legs are required for jumpin', dancin'
Strollin' along down a
(What's that word again?) street
Up where they walk
Up where they run
Up where they stay all day in the sun
Wanderin' free
Wish I could be
Part of that world
Mermaids, Tentacles & other stories, Between Aeaea and the Rocks of Scylla Curated by Alix Marie & A—Z, Horse Hospital, London, 2019