in collaboration with Graham Parker

Diogenes and Barnum are a pair of photographic series documenting the performance by Parker of two popular myths. In "Diogenes," Parker reenacts an account of the Greek Cynic philosopher, Diogenes, standing in front of a statue and begging in order to "practice disappointment," as legend goes. "Barnum" is a combined reenactment of two myths: One about Friedrich Engels's walks amongst the slums of Little Ireland, in the artist's home city of Manchester, England; the second about a publicity stunt by P. T. Barnum for his American Museum, at the intersection of Broadway and Ann Street, in New York.

Exhibitions: ICA London 1999, d.u.m.b.o. arts center 2001, SFMOMA 2002