Covet Me Care For Me is a durational performance installation in which the public participate. The work encourages the viewer to consider love, the passing of time, dissemination and cross-fertilization. The work was originally commissioned by Pacitti Company for the Spill Festival of Performance, London 2007 and was then shown at the National Review of Live Art 2008 in Glasgow and Fierce Festival, Birmingham and Belluard Bollwerk International, Switzerland in 2011.

What happens in the work?
The installation space is roughly divided into 3 areas. In area 1 a gilt-framed picture of an anatomical heart is hung on a wall. The picture is lit by 5 floor standing 'theatrical' screw in bulbs.

In area 2 fifty glass hearts (made by Louis Thompson) are laid out on the floor, each containing a 'mongrel' object (a nurses fob watch with additional parts attached). These objects are then claimed one at a time by fifty members of the public over the duration of 2-3 hours. Other members of the public form an audience. In order to claim an object the member of public must dress in safety gear and then smash the glass heart containing the object with a hammer. This process is facilitated by Sheila in a small 'performance' area. Once this process is complete the member of the public is taken into area 3 with their claimed object where it is carefully wrapped by another performer. The member of the public is then free to take the object home.

Writing/Reviews (A selection):
Real Time Issue #84 April-May 2008 pg 4 Theron Schmidt breaks Sheila Ghelani's heart
A-N Unedited by R L Clapham
Total Theatre Volume 19 Issue 3 (Covet Me Care For Me) Reviews.