MAYDAY

MAD FOR REAL: by the performance art collective including JJ Xi and Cai Yuan

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TWO ARTIST PISS ON DUCHAMP’S FOUNTAIN – Tate Modern, London (2000)
TWO ARTISTS CRAWL THROUGH CENTRAL LONDON (2000)

Ignored by some onlookers and creating a palpable sense of unease in others, MAD FOR REAL wore camouflage combat gear and crawled in the mode of combat troops from Trafalgar Square to Waterloo Bridge via Downing Street, Westminster, and the Mall. The progress of the event was transmitted to a radio programme and broadcast.
TWO ARTISTS CRAWL THROUGH CENTRAL LONDON NO. 2 (2000)
TWO ARTISTS JUMP ON TRACEY EMIN’S MY BED – Tate Gallery, London (1999)

This intervention took place during the Turner Prize exhibition. It caused a sensation, receiving nationwide press coverage. The artists were arrested and then released without charge.
TWO ARTISTS JUMP ON TRACEY EMIN’S BED NO. 2 – Tate Gallery, London (1999

 

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