This performance was part of a parade involving about 30 artists. The parade started on Coolhaveneiland, with the art space and fictional fish shop Coolvishandel Willem as its starting point and thematic framework.

During the parade, I started at the very back, walking backwards away from the group. While doing so, I performed a re-enactment of the text from Bruce Nauman's Good Boy Bad Boy (1985). Once I finished the text, I remained standing still as the parade continued its circular route. Eventually, the group approached me from behind, after which I walked the final part of the parade at the very front, reversing the position from which I had started.

I was a good boy
You were a good boy
We were good boys
That was good

I was a good girl
You were a good girl
We were good girls
That was good

I was a bad boy
You were a bad boy
We were bad boys
That was bad

I was a bad girl
You were a bad girl
We were bad girls
That was bad

I am a virtuous man
You are a virtuous man
We are virtuous men
This is virtue

I am a virtuous woman
You are a virtuous woman
We are virtuous women
This is virtue

I am an evil man
You are an evil man
We are evil men
This is evil

I am an evil woman
You are an evil woman
We are evil women
This is evil

I’m alive
You’re alive
We’re alive
This is our life

I live the good life
You live the good life
We live the good life
This is the good life

I have work
You have work
We have work
This is work

I play
You play
We play
This is play

I’m having fun
You’re having fun
We’re having fun
This is fun

I’m bored
You’re bored
We’re bored
Life is boring

I’m boring
You’re boring
We’re boring
This is boring

I have sex
You have sex
We have sex
This is sex

I love
You love
We love
This is our love

I hate
You hate
We hate
This is hating

I like to eat
You like to eat
We like to eat
This is eating

I like to drink
You like to drink
We like to drink
This is drinking

I (like to) shit
You (like to) shit
We (like to) shit
This is shit(ting)

I piss
You piss
We piss
This is piss

I like to sleep
You like to sleep
We like to sleep
Sleep well

I pay
You pay
We pay
This is payment

I don’t want to die
You don’t want to die
We don’t want to die
This is fear of death.

The route of the parade drawn with pen, with the red arrows showing my own route within

Parade (Good Fish Bad Fish)

Performance, 2019

Performed in Delfshaven, Rotterdam
Costume by Sachia Pereira-Stolle