Frances Barrett: The Twelve Hour Revolution

Overview

Staring contest? Hard. Marathons? Difficult. Being Tilda Swinton in a gallery? Effortless, apparently. Some things just seem naturally difficult. Some things seem like they would take a decent chunk of hard work. And some just feel like they belong another world of people with finer muscle control. To the latter belongs the latest effort of artist Frances Barrett. Her ambition is revolutionary, literally. Over the course of 12 hours she plans to make a glacier-speed revolution of Sydney Guild in the Twelve Hour Revolution.

Simple? Yes. But given Barrett’s pedigree as a founder of local performance art star the Brown Council, you’d have to expect her slow turn around the art space will be worth some patient examination.

Frances' performance runs from 8am — 8pm. Celebratory, closing drinks cover the final two, agonising hours from 6-8pm.