Bluebird23 is concerned with your wellbeing. How many steps did you take in the office today, did you call your mother, did you drink enough water. You look tired, did you get enough sleep last night, and the night before that? R U OK? Fill out this anonymous survey to get your wellness score. Did you hear what they were saying about you in the lunchroom? They see you taking notes, they know you’re recording everything, why are you writing this down? They know that you spend approximately one hour each shift to record voice notes in the accessible bathrooms. They know you’re planning to turn this into performance art. How much are you going to tell them?  

During her time in residence at PICA, Grace Connors will develop Bluebird23, a performance lecture and part of her ongoing series Running on the smell of an oily rag. Versions of this performance have been seen in Naarm/Melbourne as part of ODYSSEY ODYSSEY with Aphids and in Sneak Out at TCB. This iteration of the series pulls apart job-ready welfare systems by providing unsolicited financial advice based on Grace’s years working as a debt collector. Bluebird23 pays it forward with humour and hard truths.