Dani Marcel makes performance art by altering his daily life.
He watches the same porn every time in Watching the Same Porn Forever (day )
He is trying to understand 2025 for Really Understanding 2025 (day )
His bike is locked in public until most of his cells will have replaced themselves for Leaving My Bike Locked in Public for 7 Years (day )
He flew to Venice for Only Seeing the Russian and the Israeli Pavilions at the Venice Biennale (completed in 78 minutes)
He tried to never act British after receiving his citizenship, but failed when he voted in the local elections. Never Acting British (failed after 45 days)
He held his phone continuously in his hand for Never Putting My Phone Down (failed after 95 days) until he fell asleep on a night FlixBus.
He tried Not Getting Bitten by a Mosquito All Summer (failed after 23 days) and was bitten at the Stansted bus terminal on returning from holidays.
He completely stopped smiling from when Trump became president until seeing 'Carbonara Udon' on a resturant's menu 134 days later. Never Smiling during the Trump Presidency (failed after 134 days)
He successfully kissed for the duration of a YouTube commercial (completed in 1 min 54 seconds)
He was never in the same room as his flatmate for Never Being in the Same Room as my Roomie (failed after 38 days) but gave up when he had to catch a plane.
He only spoke on any day if he already had alcohol for Only Speaking Once I had a Drink (failed after 65 days)
He succesfully took all the buses in London in Taking all the buses in London (completed in 76 days)
He ate a yoghurt every day in Eating a Yoghurt Every Day for a Hundred Days (completed in 100 days)
He lived in a flat intentionally set up the wrong way until he had to move out in Setting up my Flat to Bad Feng Shui (failed after 116 days)
Marcel's ongoing exploration of the easy and the impossible has been covered in Art Monthly, Plaster, The Toe Rag, Het Parool, 444.hu, Metro and others. He's the editor of operformancef, a magazine of performance art. To get in touch write to dani@danimarcel.com