Lucy at Last, 1995, The Knitting Factory, New York, NY (performance)

The performer holds her veil open Performer, seated, legs raised; she gestures towards her bound ankles A performer lying, reaching and looking up towards the camera Closeup; the performer lying, gagged Performer standing, veiled, from behind. She gestures with her arms
Lucy at Last, 1995, video stills from documentation of performance, The Knitting Factory, New York City, USA

I tell the story of Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘Little Mermaid’ in the first person, as if I am her. In the beginning my veil becomes my beautiful long hair and my feet are tied together in the shape of a fish tail. I spend the first half of the performance on the floor. But half way through the story I must exchange my tail (and tongue) for a pair of legs so I can go up onto land. The tie from my feet at this point becomes a gag, through which I tell the rest of my story.