Conjuring the Archive by Jess Dobkin

Conjuring the Archive, will invite the audience to create a DEMPSEY AND MILLAN TALIXMXN, an energetic archive of the performances and projects of Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan.

MONOMYTHS Stage 2

Stage 2: Refusal of the Call

What is Being Refused or Your Local Sky Tonight by Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan

Five Holes: reminiSCENT

reminiSCENT, curated by Jim Drobnick and Paul Couillard, is the third installment in FADO’s performance series, Five Holes, which examines the significance of the body and the senses.

Arborite Housedress by Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan

Arborite Housedress is one performance from The Dress Series (1989–1996), a group of performances that explore the dress as the female ceremonial costume and icon of femininity. 

Arborite Housedress Script

Notes on Myth-Making

Notes on Myth-Making by Alison Cooley and Daniella Sanader. The writers reflect on FADO’s epic year-long MONOMYTHS series, conceived and curated by Shannon Cochrane and jess Dobkin. Published in C Magazine.

MONOMYTHS

The MONOMYTHS perception of the universal journey dispels the notion of the lone patriarchal figure on a conquest to vanquish his demons–both inner and outer–in consideration of community, collectivity, and collaboration.

Five Holes

Five Holes provides artists and audiences with an opportunity to test their senses as they are now, informed by both history and imagination.