MyFace Book (2014) is the first
Bookperformance as a textual body and the inaugural piece of
Cy Mirol QUARTET, which consists of four texts in this nature. Content-wise, it is not Mirol’s printed Facebook account or autobiography; it serves as an illustrative example of the self-reflexive performance dynamics in digital media’s co-creative narrative, thus qualifying as pure fictional literature. As suggested by its title,
MyFace Book invites readers to engage in critical-creative thinking about the impact of social media on printed books. The performance on the page begins with a letter from the beloved author to the beloved reader(s) asking,
“Shall We Reinvent Love?” It progresses through scenes titled “The Lost Author,” “The Empty Notebook,” and “The White Pencil,” culminating in “All of Myself,” which urges readers to actively participate in the book's performance. The closing scene, the
“Bookperformance Manifesto” (11.11.11), presents
Bookperformance not just as a worldview but as an artistic and literary expression articulated in seven items. Unlike its Turkish version (2012),
MyFace Book (2014) was self-published to facilitate academic research on the international reception of
Bookperformance in practice. It has been set for performance over a span of 12 years to find its editor: from 2014 to 2026. Once this period is complete,
MyFace Book will be refined and republished alongside the other three pieces of the
QUARTET. Together, these works create a unique artistic authorship performance that integrates naturally into the history and future of authorship.