A Refresh

Kristin Lucas - Refresh (2007) [courtroom sketch of the performance art]

"On October 5, 2007 I became the most current version of myself when I succeeded in legally changing my name from Kristin Sue Lucas to Kristin Sue Lucas in a Superior Court of California courtroom. On the name change petition that I submitted, I wrote: "Refresh", as the reason for the change. After a philosophical debate on perception of change, and two hearing dates, the presiding judge who granted the request said: So you have changed your name to exactly what it was before in the spirit of refreshing yourself as though you were a web page."

Read the full, amazing transcript here.

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