Perhaps one of the most important parts of the exhibition to me were these notes i made as an aid to understand the moral contradictions and issues considered producing and displaying this work….

– Do not buy a bike just as an accessory.

– Do not expect that women have to dress like this in daily life.

– Do take ownership of public space.

– Do not think owning things makes you better than any other person.

– Do colour coordinate your trainers with your bike or daily attire.

– Do paint graffiti.

– Do not think of ‘Girls’ (as in the title of this project) as a term for women in general.

– Do think of ‘Girls’ (as in the title of this project) as a term for a constructed pansexual media fantasy.

– Do understand the difference between fantasy and reality and gauge the expectations of yourself and those around you accordingly.

– Irony does not justify anything but it is a good way of expressing one’s own contradictions.

– Irony does not justify anything but it is a good excuse.