Dancing in Peckham © Gillian Wearing  Artist   Gillian WEARING Title   Dancing in Peckham    Date   1994 Medium   Betacam videotape Edition No   One of an edition of 10. Acquisition   Purchased from Maureen Paley / Interim Art, November 1997 Number   17286/1 Description Gillian Wearing's video "Dancing in Peckham" shows the artist dancing in the middle of a south-London shopping centre. Members of the public walk past, bemused by her behaviour or ignoring her completely, as she moves to the music of Nirvana and Gloria Gaynor, played only in her head. Wearing is interested in the boundaries of what might be considered "normal" behaviour and the lines between private and public. The idea for "Dancing in Peckham" came to Wearing when she saw a woman dancing wildly at the Royal Festival Hall in London, unaware that other people were mocking her.