‘I LOVE them, for they are my friends’ is Blue On Blue-turned-microcosmic-research-project, dedicated to further understanding the work of Mary Barnes. It is named after a line from one of her poems. It has performed only once, in the building where Mary lived during her treatment by/with R.D. Laing ("Ronnie"), Joseph Berke ("Big Bear") and Leon Redler among others. It is an ongoing physical and conscious collation of texts, images, site visits, recordings and memories.

'I LOVE them, for they are my friends' is also Dee Sada and Billy Steiger. This will be its second performance.