A validation of inactivity
I don’t feel the need to draw the same picture in a different colour pen
The concept speaks for itself without the need to have an action to speak for it
I have already ticked enough boxes
I don’t need to tick any more
Pointless generates pointlessness
To validate my pointlessness more would destroy the pointlessness
I am validation enough
Progression is needed
I can’t be arsed
Do I not look busy to you?
The only thing I am not doing is doing
I’ve done a rubik’s cube enough times to validate the activity
Inactivity breeds activity, that surely is enough validation in itself
Guinness has already granted me validation
Public interest of the pointless validates no mater how pointless
Your still looking at me aren’t you?
The best-made plans sometime go to pot, why not use these to your advantage?
I am jumping through hoops no more
Everything has a point and is therefore self validating
Because I can
I have nothing to say that hasn’t already been said
Documentation of an activity gives it point
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Every activity boils down to the same thing
I feel no need to justify concept though action again and again
I am not Gavin Turk!
I do not need to validate my presence
My presence validates itself
Documentation of this is not needed
Although this would validate it more, documentation of the documentation would then be needed to validate the documentation itself
I am enjoying the stupidity of it all
I am creating a hierarchy of pointlessness
There needs to be a bottom
Austin would talk about it being a performative utterance
There is no need for action
I could just be making all of this up
Repetition validates
Do you need me to show you I can do some thing for you to believe I can do it?
Do I need a certificate to prove it?
Even for my inactivity?
I can fabricate one if you want.
Do I not look busy to you?
I need to be drunk
The box has already been ticked
I would just be ticking it again
Same drawing different colour pen
Why do I need to?
Any excuse would validate really
Because I …
Can’t think of any
Do I not look busy to you?
Because I can’t walk in these heels
Do I not look busy to you?
Because I am to good for this
Because I can’t function without a drink
Because I can make anything up and claim that it’s true
Justification = validation
To validate is to demonstrate value or truth of
You wouldn’t care even if I were active
I already have enough validation
The pointless is was it is… pointless
I’ve already said what I have to say
I could just document it and say that I have done it
But if I do so I will be undermining everything that I’ve said
Because
Just because
Do I not look busy to you?
Because doing nothing is really fucking difficult and I need you to reward me for it
Public validation is the greatest validation of all
I am not a dancing monkey
But I need you to think I am so you give me your approval
Being granted validation for doing nothing is personal endeavour without the effort
Do I not look busy to you?
Even if I just sit here for a whole week you’ll be impressed
Because you will wait here till I do something and I like laughing at you
I am very funny
I like to make you wait
I am bored of doing what is expected of me
I need to do something for myself
This is personal validation after all
I look busy and that’s enough
I can do this all day
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Being inactive is an activity itself, pointless though it may seem
It still makes you tired
Do I not look busy to you?
Validating my activities become to easy validating an inactivity is harder
Endeavour to get the highest form of validation
Do I not look busy to you?
I do this to myself
I cant just make a painting can I?
Idiot
Drunken nights in the pub end up I self doubt
Hence you end with no performance
Hence the inaction
Hence the need to justify yourself
No matter how stupid it may seem
Validation is never enough
However hard I may try to justify it sometimes it just doesn’t work
Even so when we enter in to this world this is what we strive to achieve
Be it self-validation or the validation of others this is what we hope to achieve. I matter too
No matter how pointless it seems
Even inactivity has a point
I need to validate this to you as well as myself
I can’t do anything else
I’m bored (and I bet you are) of seeing the same thing over and over again
I’m bored
Do I not look busy to you?
I am self validating
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Whatever I do it feels like pretentious wank
Do I not look busy to you?
I do not wish to commodity myself
Because the institution tells me I have to and therefore I don’t want to
I have already ticked all the boxes
Done the impossible
Got others to realise this
Do I really need to validate the pointless even more?
Because I have made a decision and I am going to stick to it
Inactivity breeds’ activity
Do I not look busy to you?
Because I need a wee and can’t go because I am meant to be being inactive
Surely that is worth your validation
Because I have nothing better to do
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Validation of my inactivity is more valid than be being active
I have already ticked enough boxes
You can’t validate the already validated
Or the unvalidatable
Even though you can try
Like making up a word like unvalidatable and trying to justify it by using it at least twice
Only three times makes it a valid word
… unvalidatable
Do I not look busy to you?
I’ve already told you
My presence is enough
But my inactivity means I need to validate myself
God this is hard
Do I not look busy to you?
This is still the same drawing
Possibly even the same colour pen
I must try harder…
Or not try at all
Does effect bring validity?
Do I not look busy to you?
Can achieve what I set out?
Surely this endeavour is incomprehensible
And unachievable
But does it make its intention any less
Is I validate it to the extreme would it counteract the unvalidateable quality it has?
Four times definitely makes it a word
If I write a sentence incorrectly does that make the sentence un-valid
Therefore would validation of the activity be obsolete?
If I write it again correctly would it justify it?
Lets try
If I validate it to the extreme would it counteract the unvalidateable quality it has?
How about if I write it in a different way?
Would over validation override the inability to validate?
To validate is to demonstrate purpose or value of
Surly if I make it seam justifiable it will be ok
Belief and interest always outweighs truth and importance
Because no one is ever interested in art as an action so art as inaction may work?
I have justified my actions enough already; time to justify my in actions
Do I not look busy to you?
Its quiet, no one will care
It’s funny how every needs the validation of others to make themselves adequate
I look for the same thing
I am important
Even if inactive
Same drawing different pen see?
Only like red to pink though
Similar
But different
Do I not look busy to you?
I’m validating myself for gods’ sake
I must look busy
Though I will forgive you for thinking I am inactive
I am trying to justify it though
You bloody try it
I’m sure people get paid everyday for doing less
I know this is stupid
I’m just trying to find a reason for my idiocy
Though I am just enjoying the pointlessness of it all
Even though it is ticking a few boxes
Is a few enough to justify it all?
Surely a small validation is enough
Or does it need to be concrete in it reasoning to be legitimate?
Does truth triumph over repetition
Do I not look busy to you?
If you hear the same thing over and over can you believe it?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Can I ever validate my inactivity?
If I try can that justify it all
Even a simple well done makes it worth it
Do I not look busy to you?
Same drawing different colour pen
Agreement validates
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
If I make myself laugh does that count?
My presences validates
Or is it too little too late?
Does validation has an expiry date?
An end will validate?
Though does it need an end?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
U don’t need to tick anymore boxes
And neither do I
Rebel and achieve
Take personal endeavour to the next level
Don’t do anything and claim you are
I look the part, is that enough?
Help
If I keep reiterating the point will it help?
I am already validated; do I need to validate myself further?
Guinness have approved me
I have 1512 photos as evidence
What more do you need
Do you need me to show you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Why does institutional validation outweigh personal validation?
Is it important to prove everything?
Again
And again
Same drawing different pen
My presence is enough
I am here I don’t need to be active
Why explain a concept again and again
You’re not stupid
I have ticked enough boxes for you to understand
For me to understand
Why tick anymore?
Why take another picture?
Why knit another mouse?
Do I not look busy to you?
Inactivity is the only way
You need to understand this
I need to understand this
No more fucking mice
No more fucking ticking boxes
No more rubiks cube
They all have a point
I need no point
I am pointless
Why does it matter?
Or doesn’t it?
Do I not look busy to you?
If I run out of reasons for my inactivity does it then become invalidated?
Does all the hard work I have put in then fuck off?
Though inaction really doesn’t need the validation I am forcing on it
Only the institution needs that
Not the individual
Personal achieve vs. institutional archive
It seems inactivity always means invalidation
It is nothing
It does not need it
But I need it
The institution needs it
Concept to action
Nothing less, nothing more
Even if it is the same drawing with a different pen
Validation needs repetition
Tick the boxes again and again and again
Over and over like some performing monkey
Tick the boxes make the grade
Elevate and achieve
Do I not look busy to you?
More ways to validate
More excuses for my inactivity needed
Repetition works
Learn actions
Or non-actions
Same drawing different pen
Keep validating what you believe
It will eventually get the valid stamp it deserves
Can’t give in now, its already been to long
Inactivity breeds’ activity
Do I not look busy to you?
Austin
Austin
Austin
I say I am therefore I am
Do I not look busy to you?
Bed calls but validation is needed
If I can’t give it does it mean its not there?
Should I just give up now?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Tick more boxes
Keep validating
If you never achieve does it make it more pointless
Do I not look busy to you?
Do different people bring different validation?
If you are more intelligent is your point more valid
If you are more attractive does it make your opinion on aesthetic more valuable?
Does validation have variables?
Do I affect those variables as well as others?
Validation is surely just validation
Multiples make validation greater sure
But can I just claim it’s valid and people will believe?
Truth, value, importance does this even matter
But inactivity is just inactivity yes?
It can’t be any more
Quick validate more before anyone notices
No validation = invalidation
Just drawn the same drawing
Tick the same boxes
Knit the same mice
Do the same rubiks cube
They will stay, they will validate
Do I not look busy to you?
Personal endeavour to the extreme
Greater validation
Get validation for other activities too; it validates this even more
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Does my now incoherence validate me less
Even in my inactivity?
Same drawing just wiggly lines
I still make sense
I am still justified in what I say
Even if I do look less busy than before
Surely that the point
If you keep talking no one will know
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
If I fool someone does it still count?
Are they on my side?
Same drawing someone else’s pen
Public validation but not personal
Does this matter?
I’m here that is enough
Validation is radically contingent
Why try and globalise it all?
You are never going to get what you want
Do I not look busy to you?
Validate personally or validate institutionally?
Same drawing just institutionalised pen
One of them green fine liners you used to get in primary school
I don’t even like the colour green
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Stupid pen
Stupid mac
That’s meant to validate me as an artist and it does fuck all
What will it take?
No point now
Does being unprofessional piss everything up?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
I’m out of ideas to validate myself
I give up
Am I ever goin to achieve?
Not if I spell going like goin
Validation needs education
Fuckers!
Because I am hung over and I was meant to be in 6hours ago but I used the inactivity as an excuse
Because I cant even look at the screen yet alone think about what to write on it
Because my head hurts… a lot
There is no one about so I don’t need too
I feel unproductive which inactivity is a by-product of
Do I not look busy to you?
Same drawing different colour pen
I need to tick more boxes
My inactivity does this
Validation is needed
But I can’t seam to give it to myself
There are too many other things to do
Tick tick tick tick tick
Already been ticked
To make sure I am not viewed as an art object
Concept does not need to become action
Even though the institution needs it
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
I am even more useless today than I normally am
There is enough going on already
Do I not look busy to you?
If I look busy I don’t need to be busy
I can try and fool myself into believing that
…
I thought inactivity would be more productive
Its making my head hurt
Do I not look busy to you?
I can’t do anything else
I don’t need to do anything else
I don’t want to do anything else
Value has lessened
Do I not look busy to you?
Tapping my fingers is doing something
Sitting is doing something
Just being here is doing something
I’m passed caring anymore
Does this lack of caring de-validate?
If I say that I do care will it override it?
Even if I am making it all up
Does a statement need to be true in order to validate
Other things validate my inactivity
Therefore I don’t need to do anything to validate it
So even if I did want to I don’t need to
It’s a self-drawing drawing
I terms of public interest if I gain it and the loose it do I also loose validation?
If I loose interest do I still loose validation?
There isn’t a point to all this
Do I not look busy to you?
I am ticking the same boxes I’ve already ticked
I don’t want to do it anymore
Don’t make me
I shouldn’t need to
In fact I don’t need to
I have already validated myself enough
There is documentation to prove it
It would just be the same drawing with a different colour pen
Multiple drawings are boring
I am bored this now
I’ve ticked all the boxes already
Do I not look busy to you?
I’m too tired for this
I’ve made my decision and I’m going to stick to it
I am not going to draw the same drawn again
This is more pointless than anything else I have done
I have just broke a nail doing this nothing
Do I not look busy to you?
I had nothing else to do
I don’t want to do anything else
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Even inactivity has a purpose
It is harder than you think
Because trying to come up with something better is like pulling teeth
I needed to do something
I can’t work under pressure
I refuse to work under pressure
I will not make a piece of work just to tick boxes
Even though I will make work about ticking boxes
Do I not look busy to you?
I do not need to do anything more than this
Something enough is enough
I have already done enough
I don’t want to do anymore
I will not bow to institutional pressures
Inactivity breeds’ activity
If performance is an awareness of an action does an awareness of inaction still count?
I will not subvert live arts intentions anymore
I am beginning to contradict myself
I do not want to contradict myself further
I do not need to play this game anymore
I am beginning to repeat my self
I am already aware of my intent
I have already informed everybody of this intent
I am not a one trick pony, why act like one
I have faith in it
To see how far I can push it
To use minimal effort
To aid progression
To not stand still
Do I not look busy to you?
Because concept always triumphs
To understand what the hell I’m doing
To work out what the hell I’m doing
To take the piss
To cause a bit of trouble
To be myself
To get away with doing nothing
To get away with doing what I always do
To give the pointless point
So I don’t have to tick more boxes
So I am happy with what I have done
To draw a different picture
Because I don’t need to please everyone
Because I don’t paint pretty pictures
They make me feel sick
I don’t feel the need to be entertaining
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
The world is not a stage
Why try and make it so
I don’t need to do anything
Otherwise I’ll go insane
It takes a lot of effort to not go to the loo for this long
Because it’s too cold to do anything else
Because if I do anything else I’ll make a mess
Because I’ve got better things to be doing
Because I am an artist not a performer
Because I do not make theatre
I don’t want to do anything else
I can’t do anything else
I’m sick of being active
I fancied a change
I needed to take a risk
I needed to commit to something
Do I not look busy to you?
Anything else would have been pointless
I am not looking for a over reaction
I am doing this for me
Anyway I look hot as a secretart
A little bit of wit goes along way
To achieve
The only thing I’m doing is not doing
Not everybody’s going to understand what I’m doing
Because without this I would give up
I can’t decide what means more to me
Do I not look busy to you?
You can never be sure of anything
There is to much drama in this world
Because I don’t want to be ushering people around so now I have an excuse
I’m busy doing nothing working the whole day through trying to find lots of things not to do
I’d like to be unhappy but I simple don’t have the time
I’m trying to ruffle a few feathers
I’m not doing what you expect of me
I am not doing what you tell me
Do I not look busy to you?
I do not give up that easily
Anything else would tire me out
I don’t need to pretend
I’m just flirting with the idea
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
There are only so many times you can say something
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
I’m trying to push myself
Failure is not an option
Do I not look busy to you?
The need to document my endeavour
However pointless
Elevate and achieve
Sometimes you can try too hard
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Too many ingredients also do that
I ran out of good ideas
I’m taking a risk
Do I not look busy to you?
Less is sometimes more
I look like I’m ready to start
The potential is too great
It is awkward
Because as long as I tell you it’s fine it will be fine
I can get a lot out of this
I document therefore I am
Do I not look busy to you?
Because I can justify my non-action in blocks
Only two more hours until in have way
Only two more hours until it’s over
I’m not doing anything therefore you can’t criticise it
I am self documenting
Do I not look busy to you?
Inactivity keeps me busy
I can happen over several hours
I don’t really have to
It is what it is
Pointless
I am wasting time
There is no need to state the obvious
I am subtle
No I not look busy to you?
I am a parasite
There is no need to
I am not a drama queen
I can do anything except do
I need to do something even if that something is nothing
Because sometimes the obvious just goes straight over peoples heads
Small things amuse small minds
If actions speak louder than words where does inaction lye?
I am not a walking cliché
I can do what I want
It’s a long to be doing anything more productive
I am pushing myself
A change will do you good
Enough is enough
The simpler the better
I have better things to do
What’s the point?
Does it need a point to gain validity?
Surely the point is that it’s got no point therefore its is already valid
Inaction is an action in itself
I’m sick of doing what’s expected of me
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Just because I look like a secretary doesn’t mean I have to be one
Do I not look busy to you?
I can get away with murder
My body has it’s own presence
You can never get everyone to understand
Even though validation should achieve this
There are never enough people to finish ticking the boxes
Ideas get in the way of everything
I have already achieved what I set out to achieve
I’m trying to be funny
Not everything is what it seams
You can never completely validate your actions
Can you ever validate your inactions?
Fabrication can achieve
You can’t polish a shit
I can perform without performing
It’s enough not to
Same drawing different coloured pen – drawing over the same lines
Ticking the same boxes
I don’t want to play this game anymore
Do I not look busy to you?
I can just claim that I am
Though I am not enough without that claim
Austin knows that
I am making an utterance
In saying it I am doing it
I need to look like I am being inactive
As long as I validate it I can do it
The institution is a great supporter of that claim
I can get away with it
Because being drunk never helps you get the best out of the
Situation
Because what might seam like a good idea might just be masquerading as a bad one
Action needs to be taken
Because I am not stuck in the past
I want you to think differently
I wish to make clear my intentions
This way I am not accountable for what happens
If you continue to something people will eventually get the idea
Do I not look busy to you?
I have to be consistent
I could do anything and you would buy it
I am stretched to far
Everything isn’t always what it seams
In doing this I am justified
It feels right
I can and will do what I want
I give in
Even though it might not seem that was I have a purpose
Concept = purpose
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Office lady is ruining her performance by doing too much
Less = more
I’ve done too much already
This is important
I over thought things
There is too much pressure to do anything but
Unless I wanted to do the same drawing which is pointless
There is too much on my plate
So I don’t have to be depended on as usual
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Some people are idiots
I am not capable of anything else
Do I not look busy to you?
I like to think I’m funny
There is only so far you can push something
I wont do what you tell me
I can become invisible
Do I not look busy to you?
Inactivity breed’s inactivity
To get some interest in my endeavour
No matter its use
I am not a machine
It is rewarding
Really!?!
There is method to my madness
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
To demonstrate a purpose
Do I not look busy to you?
To not give too much away
To not hide behind objectivity any more
I echo reality
There is only so much I can’t do
To enjoy the stupidity of it all
Give the pointless point
Some information just can’t be passed on
Lies get you anywhere
Permanence
Remains
The ephemeral
To open new doors
Things keep swimming round in my head
Inspiration can come from anywhere
Even alcohol
Not only what I do is stupid
I am not entertainment
I do not need to appeal to the masses to validate my action/ lack of action
I fit in around everyone else
Do I not look busy to you?
Because I actually care about what I do
I can do this over and over and over
Do I not look busy to you?
I cant to the same thing forever
Not everything needs to be obvious
The world isn’t made for tall people
Do I not look busy to you?
I think repetition is funny
I like to cause a bit of trouble
Sometimes it helps to get everything out
Sometimes I don’t have a clue what’s going on
Inactivity aids in sussing this out
Inactivity is the way forward
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
I can get away with unprofessionalism
This doesn’t affect validation
Not in terms of inactivity anyway
Do I not look busy to you?
I am aware of what is going on around me
This is getting me nowhere
There are always periods of nothingness
Because I say so
Objects are heavy
I am a one-man band
I lead a one-person army
I’m just biding my time
But using it all up in the process
I am giving wait to my actions
Or inactions
To validate is to demonstrate use or purpose
There is always uncertainty
I trust my feelings
Sarcasm is my friend
Sometimes concepts are never justified through actions
I am not shameless in my self-promotion
Tick
Tick
Tick
Tick
Tick
I don’t care
I’ve ticked all the boxes I need to
I enjoy it
Do I not look busy to you?
I’m pushing through
I will finish soon
I’m trying not to repeat myself
Do I not look busy to you?
I make myself laugh – is that good enough?
I’m giving you attitude
Thank is all I need
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Inactivity breed’s activity
Activity validates my inactivity
Haven’t I ticked enough boxes already?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy too you?
I am allowed to
There is too much already going on
I give you an excuse so believe it
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
There is enough work to validate already
Sometimes it takes me a while to realise it
Sometimes you just need to stop
This is how I am
I have will power
I need to be clearer
I’m shaking this up
Do I not look busy to you?
Inactions speak louder than words
Do I not look busy to you?
Because I am dependable
This is it
I don’t take myself seriously
None of this counts
I don’t want to play anymore
I don’t need to be clever, just witty
I just need everyone to believe I’m doing what I’m not doing
I seem to be the only one who cares
I illustrate a simple point
Progression
To give me some idea
Nothing more nothing less
To keep pointlessness free flowing
To create a rhythm
I am not an idiot
I can get away with this kind of shit as long as I validate it
I can go unnoticed
There is nothing else to do
To clarify
To pull things together
I am an honorary fine art student
I wont do what is expected of me
I am still ticking boxes
I don’t have a choice
I will do these things to myself
This is the last thing I will do here
I want to give up
Its dead and I’m still at it
I’m squeezing as much juice out of it as I can
There is a lot of wasted space
I am the only thing that is doing but not doing
I am putty in his hands
I trust too much
I need affirmation
I am never completely happy with what I do
I need to push myself further
I am never going to get what I want out of activity
I bring it on myself
To waste time
To use time
I give up
It is all stupid
I enjoy the stupidity
I don’t need to be here yet I still am
Do I not look busy to you?
I don’t need to be here
I wasn’t here and it still had presence
It all seemed to be pointless
I had to be truly inactive to understand validation of inaction
The comedy of it all
The need to experiment
To push it over the edge
To take the piss
To get away with murder
Show the importance of the pointless
Give the pointless point
Tick boxes without actually ticking them
To get something out of it for myself
So I can sit on my arse all day
Minimal effort maxim gain
Nothing really matters
No one really gives a shit
Not being here reiterates my point
Questioning the status of live art- an action needing to happen
I am the queen of inactivity
Extension of time – doing nothing makes the time go slower – I don’t want to leave yet I’m not ready
As hard as I try I’m not useful
Durational work means you can spend as much of as little time with the piece
I am not imposing
I fill a void
Ideas of importance weigh heavy on my mind
The need for public interest
I’m excited to see how it will pan out
I haven’t got a clue where this is going
Because things can be fabricated
I don’t want to go back to reality
Banana cake is there to be eaten
You can’t have your cake and eat it to – as much as you want to
Writing is the way forward
I don’t need to give a reason for my validation
Only fact will validate more
My head is full
People may miss what I’m doing but I have a presence elsewhere
I can do this all day and still be bored
That’s not the way it works
Curiosity may have killed the cat but it led a far more interesting life
I cooperate but am unwilling to be walked over
I have had my fill of certain things this year
I am getting sucked into my own head and that is not a fun place to be
I need to bring some humour back
I doubted my previous intentions
I wind myself up
I am on a roll
I love to watch the world go by
I don’t need a reason why – I am only validating my inactivity not the reasons themselves
There is only so much shit I can take
Do I not look busy to you?
There is nothing more I can do
Do I not look busy to you?
It is so quiet
Agogo
I don’t know everything
And I don’t pretend to
I lack in self-confidence
I cover it up with bravado
I am making the most out of this last week
Cheese
People expect a lot from me – I am giving them nothing
I was drunk
Nick
Having too much fun
Communication
I believe in my inaction
Do I not look busy to you?
I am clever than that
I have a tendency to over think things
The things that I think less about people often think I have thought about more
To think of the future
Highlighting the obvious is funny
I like to but an x in a box every now and again just to mix it up a little
Do I not look busy to you?
I validate to exist
Do I not look busy to you?
I might as well be on Facebook
Because there is a hierarchy of art and something needs to be the bottom
I am getting nothing out of this
I am not a control freak
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Its progressive
I have had worse ideas
I can’t be arsed anymore
This is the final hurdle
I am telling my story
Its part of the process
Because pink is my favour colour
It’s all just words
It’s all just validation
Do I not look busy to you?
Because sometimes things fuck up for no reason
I suffer for my art
I can never win
I never do things the easy way
I’m not after a cheep thrill – I am not at a theme park
Do I not look busy to you?
I am active in my inactivity
Do I not look busy to you?
I’m working lunch
Shit happens
Things never come to an end
There is no need for resolve
I might as well
This is stupid
I look like I should
I can’t just sit back and watch
Even with all the reassurance in the world I still know the last idea was crap
I evade judgement with my indecision
I am nothing more
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Inactivity breeds activity but makes you really fucking sleepy
I need to do more
I need to do nothing
It is useless
I don’t know why I do it to myself
I am a glutton for punishment
Progression
Progression
Progression
You always find yourself trying to attach meaning to things that have non
Some people are slow
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
This is a validation of nothing
It has less point than before
Do I not look busy to you?
Reiteration brings understanding
Understanding brings validation
To try something new
Do I not look busy to you?
Its funny watching people who are meant to be active being less active than me
I take the piss, that’s what I do
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
It’s all just documentation
It doesn’t matter
Some people are about as useful as a chocolate teapot
Does attention bring validation?
If I pay attention to something for a long time does it make it valid?
Does it even matter?
There are things that you just don’t need to witness
Do I not look busy to you?
Same pen different colour
Same pen same colour
I don’t need to but I feel the need to
I give anything a shot
I granted it validation when I set about doing it
Do I not look busy to you?
I love it when a plan comes together
I have three pieces
Do I not look busy to you?
Default
Wanker
I have ticked too many boxes
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
I don’t want to so I’m not
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Same drawing different colour pen
Guinness have already granted me validation
I have already done the rubiks cube 1512 times
That is enough
Repetition aids validation
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
I already have enough public interest
I can’t take the pressure
Enough has been done
I don’t need to prove this to you
I have already said what needs to be said
I don’t need to write it again
I don’t need to be here
I don’t need to do anything
Drunken nights lead to nothing getting done
I am never going to get the validation I want
There is no point to this
You never know what’s going to happen
I keep endeavouring and people keep fucking it up
I can depend on myself
Do I not look busy to you?
There is enough validation to last a lifetime
I can fabricate this
I have fabricated this
It is never ending
I do not have a on and off switch
Do I not look busy to you?
I can’t keep repeating myself
I don’t need to spell it out
I’m not serious
I am unaware of where I stop and where performance begins
Do I not look busy to you?
I don’t need to be here
Because I’m drunk again
No one is about
There are 6844 words of utter shit
Do I not look busy to you?
A validation of inactivity is never going to happen
I set up these impossible talks
I type therefore I am
Mmmmmm
Shit happens
Do I not look busy to you?
Same drawing different colour pen
Do I not look busy to you?
I give in
I am a smug git
Do I not look busy to you?
I don’t even now what I’m doing anymore
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
I am making a mess
I am drunk
Things are too funny
Do I not look busy to you?
I’m falling apart
I have turned up for work again
I am easily distracted
I’m trying to be proactive
I’m a giggly girl
Typing has become near impossible
I have said it all
Welcome to London
I’m just taking the piss now
Cause I am pissed!
I broke my skirt
Do u want to be me for a while?
Grrrrrrrrr
Grrrrrrrr
The performer has changed
But has it?
Is it still valid if a member of the audience gets involved?
I have no idea how to do this
I don’t even know what I have to write
I am busy.
Do I not look BUSY to you?
I am Lauren
It’s not fun to be Lauren
I much prefer being Jeanne
At least I’m not autistic
I am writing because the letters appear on the screen
I was told to do this
I am therefore doing this
I have no idea what this is
I am sat in the chair because I was told to
I am typing because I have been watching Lauren typing and therefore I am reproducing what I have seen
I want to use a word but I have no idea how to spell it
Re-enactment
Ah!
So I am re-enacting this performance within the performance
I am not liking this though
A performance is starting for a change and we have audience
3
Do I need to be here?
Do I not look busy to you?
This is very very boring
A head is actually more empty than I thought
By re-enacting this I am validating it
It is now validated
My job is done
I don’t need to be here
I wanted to try something else
It is nothing without me
I have work to do
I am better than this
I do not need to be professional
Do I not look busy to you?
Nothing more
Do I not look busy to you?
I keep getting brought things
No one knows any better
I’m a vein cow and it’s all about me
We need a crit
I like being played with
I get away with this shit
I don’t need to put on a performance
It doesn’t take a lot
I’m confused
I’m just doing what I’m doing
Do I not look busy t you?
I love giving it some attitude
It’s too late in the day
It’s so much more fun when I’ve got a drink inside of me
It is a lot funnier too
I DON’T NEED A REASON TO EXCUSE MYSELF
Caps lock is my friend
I feel like Britney
I pretend like I know what I’m doing
You don’t care if I do
Nothing I do makes much sense
I can only give so much
That’s the way I roll
Do I not look busy to you?
There is to many people
Comedy typing is funny
I perform but don’t perform
There is such thing as a bad egg
This is a scratch performance
I can work it
Beer then wine makes you feel fine, wine then beer makes you feel queer
I am funny
I make myself laugh at least
Do I not look busy to you?
I am already valid
I don’t want to play anymore
I have gotten too big for my boots
Everyone is expecting a show
I no get instant gratification
Its about be giving up on my endeavour
It’s about me not getting sucked in to the spectacle of it all
I will live
I never know what I am going to do until the last minute
I still don’t know what I’m doing now at the end of the week
There is more than what is in my head
I can’t see the end
There is no end
I am making something out of nothing
I wanted to do better than what I had
It is pointless
That’s what I do
In order to validate my actions I need to be inactive
This is what it has come to
Do I not look busy to you?
I can sustain inactivity
My goal is to give value to something that has little
Do I not look busy to you?
Public interest is paramount
Nothing ever happens
Not everything needs to happen on a stage
I have a sense of humour
I am will to take a risk
I want to play
I’m trying to draw out my last few days
I don’t want to get up off my fat arse
It works in this context
It wont work anywhere else
I don’t have to try too hard
I can go unnoticed
There is so much I should be doing which I’m not
This is about as productive as banging my head against I brink wall
I am as useful as a chocolate teapot
My validation doesn’t have to be true just believable
For the good of man kind
This is the best piece you will ever see
Belief and interest will always triumph over truth and importance
If I do something for long enough it will become valid
Contradicting arguments make things less valid
Repetition validates
I need to reiterate my point
Do I not look busy to you?
Tick more boxes
Re-tick the same boxes to validate my point
Do I not look busy to you?
My heart isn’t in it
Do I not look busy to you?
I am capable of much more
Do I not look busy to you?
Just because
I exist that is enough
I want the best out of things
Because if I’m not careful my life will turn into a musical
The more shit I spout the funnier it is
I get away with it
Do I not look busy to you?
I can say I’m doing anything right now and you will buy it
Doing nothing is dull as hell but the public are still interested
Do I not look busy to you?
I can’t take myself seriously
Do I not look busy to you?
Its funny watching people try and suss me out
I deserve a break
I am me
I procrastinate well
This is it
My work is never done
At the end of the day it will never work but to achieve the impossible is the endeavour
I can do anything
It is a process
I am boring myself as well as others
I am a numpty
I am living in the moment
Whatever I write will sound pretentious
It is useful
I am unwilling to give in to the pressure of the institution
But I will work along side it
I might never achieve what I set out to do
This is not a problem
The things I see offend me
I am not just another cog in the wheel
Whatever I do will have an impact on me
I create change
There is enough shit in this world
This is all bullshit
I have the bollocks to
I am not a commodity
As much as I resist everything becomes documentation
Do I not look busy to you?
I get it
I am simple in the way I execute things
I have too many thoughts
I am not trying to be what I can’t
I am not painting a pretty picture
Or drawing the same thing with a different colour pen
Whatever happens, happens
Delete repeated words
I am here but I’m not
I will never change my ways
If you make it they will come
Nothing is certain of this I am certain
I justify myself with mass
A lot of nothing is still nothing
I do not provide entertainment
I don’t do things by half
Do I not look busy to you?
Do I not look busy to you?
I don’t need to be here
I want to see how much or how little I can get away with
I go on and on and on and on
I am self-validating already
Because I can
Because I will
Because I am
I always planned it this way
I hate documentation of live art
I decide what happens
I trust myself
Context informs everything
Pre-documentation
Nothing ever turns out the way you plan
A seed got planted in my head
This look says it all
I want to win this fight
There is a presence
No one wants to see a performance
I can pretend to do this all day
I don’t know why I’m here in the first place
It easy
I am
There is so much more to do
Nothing has been done
You would think that I deserve a good grade
It is simple
There is no need to over-complicate things
This is what I do
Every concept doesn’t need an action
I just can’t get enough
I turn shit into gold
There is more to be done
I need a lucky break
Its funny
To confuse
I have done enough already
I need to keep telling you this
I am giving life to a dead space
Presence is everything
Sometimes things are not set in the right context
Do I not look busy to you?
It one big experiment
I am not ready to conclude
I do not need to be here
I’m done
