(2001, object & performance, part of My Third Year Tuition Fees) sound recording of dog barks & cotton
The Bark (2002) performance at the admin centre, in front of the international office, Camberwell College, London
When I finally decided to pay for My Third Year Tuition Fees, I went to a bank and asked for the sum in cash, and in the same denominations as my ‘Bada’s notes’ that I had made with pens and pencils. So, the payment became an artwork and the UK money was used.
The payment process was recorded in the admin centre of the college and soon after I got down on all fours, holding a sound player to my chest, and played the barks as my body convulsed like a dog; all while facing the door of the international office. There was nothing much else I could do, as the power of the institution was so overwhelming. It reminded me of paternal, patriarchal authority over me as a child.
Just as when I got upset when I was a young girl, I remember, I would pull a blanket over me in order not to be seen crying, and this gradually would lead me into sleep.
