Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan: Performance Art Out and About
Caught In the Act: an anthology of performance art by Canadian Women, 2004, pp. 189-197
Toronto: YYZ Books, 2004
This chapter explores the collaboration between Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan. Their work tackles aspects of gender stereotyping and identity politics through performance and the use of their bodies. Author Jennifer Fisher describes the individual creative pasts of both Dempsey and Millan as a way to provide a full picture of how their collaborations may interact. One consistent feature of their work together includes elaborate and transformative costuming. This is an important component of the theory and politics behind their work as the ‘dress’ is used as a trope for the feminine.
ITEM 2004.102 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Looking Back 3000 – Shawna Dempsey
Looking Back 3000 – Lorri Millan
Object/Subject of Desire – Shawna Dempsey
Object/Subject of Desire – Lorri Millan
The Thin Skin of Normal – Shawna Dempsey
The Thin Skin of Normal – Lorri Millan
Arborite Housedress – Shawna Dempsey
Arborite Housedress – Lorri Millan
Plastic Bride – Shawna Dempsey
Plastic Bride – Lorri Millan
Growing Up Suite – Shawna Dempsey
Growing Up Suite – Lorri Millan
The Eaton's Catalogue – Shawna Dempsey
The Eaton's Catalogue – Lorri Millan
A Day In the Life of a Bull Dyke – Shawna Dempsey
A Day In the Life of a Bull Dyke – Lorri Millan
We're Talking Vulva – Shawna Dempsey
We're Talking Vulva – Lorri Millan
Mary Medusa – Shawna Dempsey
Mary Medusa – Lorri Millan
The Short Tale of Little Lezzie Borden – Shawna Dempsey
The Short Tale of Little Lezzie Borden – Lorri Millan
Lesbian Love Story of the Lone Ranger and Tonto – Shawna Dempsey
Lesbian Love Story of the Lone Ranger and Tonto – Lorri Millan
Smile Girl – Shawna Dempsey
Smile Girl – Lorri Millan
Golden Boy Awards – Shawna Dempsey
Golden Boy Awards – Lorri Millan
Grocery Store – Shawna Dempsey
Grocery Store – Lorri Millan
Scent Bar – Shawna Dempsey
Scent Bar – Lorri Millan
Lesbian national Parks and Services – Shawna Dempsey
Lesbian national Parks and Services – Lorri Millan