I'm OK, You're OK
Mark Harvey >

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'I'm just thinking. I've got this idea about making this performance where I'm in my back yard, on a hot sunny day with my hands in the air, walking around and around, while continuously saying thank-you to you. And I do this for about 3 and a half hours, or even longer, if I can do it. Oh, and I'm on my tippy-toes and don't stop to take a breath. Does this sound okay with you? Should I change it? I mean, it might sound like I'm trying to make some big grand performance gesture or something like that… I think it needs to appear really celebratory, you know, like it has unity of form and a sense of harmony between all of its material elements. ...Hmmm, you're right, it needs some fine-tuning. Yeah. It might be better activated if it has more sparkle.'

I'm OK, You're OK involves a video installation and a live performance. In both sections Harvey will attempt to ponder over the chasms of what might or might not make acceptable performance. Through playing with performance art/live art and choreographic conventions, Harvey intends to mix physical tasks, earnestness, heroic gestures and shin-shiny scrutiny.