RENT

Durational performance/installation

Photos: Steven Davies
Copyright: Jiva Parthipan

A man sits inside a display cabinet between a pile of bananas.
Repeatedly he peels each banana, makes a smoothie, drains it through a
condom and pours them into a cup in an impassioned yet precise way. Ex
male escort Jiva Parthipan reflects back on the experience of the mindless banality of the sex industry, while two live mice make love.

The costume involves a specially commissioned bespoke tweed suite from alluding to that of the many of the ex clients.

First performed at Custard factory, Birmingham as part of Fierce! festival 2007. Funded by Arts Council, England.