Marcia performed in her furball, after a brief introduction, to the accompaniment of music by Sam Willan (Drums) and Pete Fraser (Saxophone). She was then led off the stage by J. Maizlish.
Mothball in ‘Soup and Tart’, The Barbican, London
The V.L.A.
The Remains of the VLA from Marcia Farquhar on Vimeo.
Marcia Farquhar Talks to Strangers, Byam Shaw Library, London
A month-long residency at Byam Shaw’s threatened library. A long durational performance, the writing out in long hand of Marcia’s earliest emails was punctuated by readings from her favourite books.
Cutting Pumpkins, Colchester Arts Centre
Halloween revellers wearing Marcia Farquhar’s white dress for seven at the Colchester Arts Centre on the 31st October 2010.
Absent Friends
Marcia Farquhar is a many-storied artist in whose work life and art are wilfully fused. Like Diane Arbus, to whose work she will be indirectly paying tribute, Farquhar has often been considered a contentious figure.