bedtime stories

A bookmark. White background with a public domain drawing of a young girl reading to a doll. Around the image are the words "bedtime stories read to you!" Underneath this is a paragraph reading "for a private reading in your very own bed, call - to book your appointment: 433-3783 June 8-30th 2002 Ask for Anne"

This is an artifact of a performance series I did while I was an art student at The University of Western Ontario (now Western University) in London, Ontario, Canada

This performance also occured at the “Come Together” show at House Art Space, London Ontario, 2002

The performance consisted of making these bookmarks publicly available in a number of spaces throughout the city. When someone dialed the number and requested a private reading, I went to either their home or a place of their choosing and read an agreed upon book to them.

The book would be one of their choosing or, if they expressed no preference, I would bring a few from which to choose.

Individual performances were done in private without documentation and exist only as the memories of the participants.

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