
Scentbar
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
Work ID: 81378
Description: First performed: September 2003, Reminiscents Festival, Fado Performing Arts, Toronto, Ontario
Photos by Cindy Baker, Sheila Spence and Nicole Burisch
Des mesures : Duration: one evening to two weeks
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2003
Matériaux : performance [https://vimeo.com/131843323]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Oeuvre d'art par Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
Mermaid in Love
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81360
Description: First performed: 1990, National Arts Centre Atelier, Ottawa, Ontario.
Photo: Lorri Millan.
Des mesures : Duration: 40 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1990
Matériaux :
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Mermaid in Love
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81298
Description: First performed: 1990, National Arts Centre Atelier, Ottawa, Ontario.
Photo: Lorri Millan.
Des mesures : Duration: 40 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1990
Matériaux : performance
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
The Dress Series
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81363
Description: First performed: February 1994, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta.
Photos: Sheila Spence.
Des mesures : Duration: 25 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1993
Matériaux : performance [dress: wood, laminate, chrome kitchen hardware, screws, cloth, Velcro]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Mary Medusa
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81364
Description: Short version first performed: January 1992, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Long version first performed: February 1993, Festival du Voyeur, Prairie Theatre Exchange, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Photos by Lorri Millan.
Des mesures : Duration: short version 5 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1993
Matériaux : performance
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Mary Medusa
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81365
Description: Short version first performed: January 1992, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Long version first performed: February 1993, Festival du Voyeur, Prairie Theatre Exchange, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Photos by Lorri Millan.
Des mesures : Duration: short version 5 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1993
Matériaux : performance
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
The Dress Series
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81361
Description: First performed: February 1994, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta.
Photos: Sheila Spence.
Des mesures : Duration: 25 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1993
Matériaux : performance [dress: wood, laminate, chrome kitchen hardware, screws, cloth, Velcro]
Collection virtuelle : carnival, Original CCCA
Growing Up Suites
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81369
Description: Part I first performed: March 1994, Le Lion D’Or, Montréal, Québec
Part II first performed: October 1994, Rumours bar, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Photo: The Banff Centre
Des mesures : Part l & Part ll [Duration: 10 minutes each]
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1994
Matériaux : performance [https://vimeo.com/131843315]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Lesbian National Parks and Services
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81368
Description: First performed: July 1997, Banff National Park, Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta.
Photos by Don Lee and Laura Vanags of The Banff Centre, Wolfgang Gunzel, Zab, Sheila Spence and Art Gallery at University of Lethbridge.
Des mesures :
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1994
Matériaux : performance [https://vimeo.com/132492078]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Lesbian National Parks and Services
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81367
Description: First performed: July 1997, Banff National Park, Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta.
Photos by Don Lee and Laura Vanags of The Banff Centre, Wolfgang Gunzel, Zab, Sheila Spence and Art Gallery at University of Lethbridge.
Des mesures :
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1994
Matériaux : performance [https://vimeo.com/132492078]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Lesbian National Parks and Services
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81366
Description: First performed: July 1997, Banff National Park, Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta.
Photos by Don Lee and Laura Vanags of The Banff Centre, Wolfgang Gunzel, Zab, Sheila Spence and Art Gallery at University of Lethbridge.
Des mesures :
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1994
Matériaux : performance [https://vimeo.com/132492078]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Tableau Vivant: Eaton’s Catalogue 1976
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81370
Description: First performed: March 1998, Hallwalls Centre for Contemporary Art, Buffalo, New York.
Des mesures : Duration: The 15 minute performance is repeated twice an hour
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1998
Matériaux : performance [https://vimeo.com/131932635]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Looking Back 3000
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81371
Description: First performed: October 2000, Space Camp, The Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Photos by Sheila Spence
Des mesures : Duration: 15 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2000
Matériaux : performance
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Looking Back 3000
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81372
Description: First performed: October 2000, Space Camp, The Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Photos by Sheila Spence
Des mesures : Duration: 15 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2000
Matériaux : performance
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Tales for a New World
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81374
Description: First performed: October 2001, Locating Feminisms conference, Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Printed text published in Bedtime Stories for the Edge of the World, Arbeiter Ring Press, 2012
Photos by William Eakin and Elaine Stocki
Des mesures : Duration: 5 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2001
Matériaux : performance
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Tales for a New World
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81373
Description: First performed: October 2001, Locating Feminisms conference, Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Printed text published in Bedtime Stories for the Edge of the World, Arbeiter Ring Press, 2012
Photos by William Eakin and Elaine Stocki
Des mesures : Duration: 5 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2001
Matériaux : performance
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Grocery Store
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81376
Description: Performed: August 2002, aceartinc., Winnipeg, Manitoba
Des mesures : Duration: 3 weeks
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2002
Matériaux : performance [https://vimeo.com/131932638]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Grocery Store
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81375
Description: Performed: August 2002, aceartinc., Winnipeg, Manitoba
Des mesures : Duration: 3 weeks
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2002
Matériaux : performance [https://vimeo.com/131932638]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Scentbar
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81377
Description: First performed: September 2003, Reminiscents Festival, Fado Performing Arts, Toronto, Ontario
Photos by Cindy Baker, Sheila Spence and Nicole Burisch
Des mesures : Duration: one evening to two weeks
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2003
Matériaux : performance [https://vimeo.com/131843323]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Scentbar
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81378
Description: First performed: September 2003, Reminiscents Festival, Fado Performing Arts, Toronto, Ontario
Photos by Cindy Baker, Sheila Spence and Nicole Burisch
Des mesures : Duration: one evening to two weeks
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2003
Matériaux : performance [https://vimeo.com/131843323]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Target Marketing
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81379
Description: First performed: October 2006, Studio XX, Montréal, Québec
Photos by William Eakin
Des mesures : Duration: 20 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2006
Matériaux : performance [http://fingerinthedyke.ca/target_marketing_mov.html]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Target Marketing
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81380
Description: First performed: October 2006, Studio XX, Montréal, Québec
Photos by William Eakin
Des mesures : Duration: 20 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2006
Matériaux : performance [http://fingerinthedyke.ca/target_marketing_mov.html]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Consideration Liberation Army
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81383
Description: Performed: July-September 2007, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Photos by Wiliam Eakin
Des mesures : To fully experience the project, go to http://considerationliberationarmy.ca.
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2007
Matériaux : performance [https://vimeo.com/132492045]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Consideration Liberation Army
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81382
Description: Performed: July-September 2007, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Photos by Wiliam Eakin
Des mesures : To fully experience the project, go to http://considerationliberationarmy.ca.
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2007
Matériaux : performance [https://vimeo.com/132492045]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Consideration Liberation Army
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81381
Description: Performed: July-September 2007, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Photos by Wiliam Eakin
Des mesures : To fully experience the project, go to http://considerationliberationarmy.ca.
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2007
Matériaux : performance [https://vimeo.com/132492045]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Unruly
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81387
Description: First performed: May 2008, rt Building Community Symposium, Mentoring Artists for Women's Art, Winnipeg Manitoba
Photos by Lorri Millan and Janet Shum
Photos by Lorri Millan and Janet Shum
Des mesures : Duration: 30 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2008
Matériaux : performance [http://fingerinthedyke.ca/super_feminist_mov.html]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Unruly
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81386
Description: First performed: May 2008, rt Building Community Symposium, Mentoring Artists for Women's Art, Winnipeg Manitoba
Photos by Lorri Millan and Janet Shum
Des mesures : Duration: 30 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2008
Matériaux : performance [http://fingerinthedyke.ca/super_feminist_mov.html]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Lift
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81384
Description: First performed: September 2008, invisible cities performance festival, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Text published in Bedtime Stories for the Edge of the World, Arbeiter Ring Press, 2012.
Photos by Wayne Glowacki, Winnipeg Free Press
Des mesures : Duration: a working day or week
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2008
Matériaux : performance [https://vimeo.com/131843321]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Unruly
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81385
Description: First performed: May 2008, rt Building Community Symposium, Mentoring Artists for Women's Art, Winnipeg Manitoba
Photos by Lorri Millan and Janet Shum
Des mesures : Duration: 30 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2008
Matériaux : performance [http://fingerinthedyke.ca/super_feminist_mov.html]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Winnipeg Tarot Company
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81389
Description: Performed: September and October 2010, throughout Winnipeg, Manitoba, in coffee shops, parks, libraries, cafés, etc.
Photos by Lorri Millan and Leif Norman
Des mesures : Duration: 5 weeks
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2010
Matériaux : performance [https://vimeo.com/131932636]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Winnipeg Tarot Company
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81388
Description: Performed: September and October 2010, throughout Winnipeg, Manitoba, in coffee shops, parks, libraries, cafés, etc.
Photos by Lorri Millan and Leif Norman
Des mesures : Duration: 5 weeks
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2010
Matériaux : performance [https://vimeo.com/131932636]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Astroart Space Corps
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81391
Description: First performed: September 2014, La Nuit Blanche, Calgary, Alberta
Photos by Lindsey Bond
Des mesures : Duration: variable
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2014
Matériaux : performance [In progress]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Astroart Space Corps
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81392
Description: First performed: September 2014, La Nuit Blanche, Calgary, Alberta
Photos by Lindsey Bond
Des mesures : Duration: variable
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2014
Matériaux : performance [In progress]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Astroart Space Corps
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81390
Description: First performed: September 2014, La Nuit Blanche, Calgary, Alberta
Photos by Lindsey Bond
Des mesures : Duration: variable
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2014
Matériaux : performance [In progress]
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Transport
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81393
Description: First performed: May 2014, Western Canadian Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Photos by Lorri Millan and Lief Norman
Des mesures : Duration: 35 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2014
Matériaux : performance
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Transport
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81394
Description: First performed: May 2014, Western Canadian Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Photos by Lorri Millan and Lief Norman
Des mesures : Duration: 35 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2014
Matériaux : performance
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Transport
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81395
Description: First performed: May 2014, Western Canadian Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Photos by Lorri Millan and Lief Norman
Des mesures : Duration: 35 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2014
Matériaux : performance
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
What Is Being Refused
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81445
Description: What Is Being Refused or The Local Sky Tonight is part planetarium show, and part rumination on Alice in Wonderland, the nature of rabbits and heroes: an off-kilter guide to the stars tonight.
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"I'm late, I'm late for my entire life! To do lists referencing to do lists, referencing calendars referencing alerts long since ignored. The giant clock of the cosmos… sun rise, sunset: that song repeatedly stuck in my mind because of the real estate agent’s bus bench. The bus bench next to the bus stop where the bus is always 5 minutes behind schedule. Real Estate agent Leonard Feidler’s bus bench. “Thinking of buying or selling a home? Let me be your Feidler on the Roof." By his picture, Leonard Feidler does not look like he has ever been on a roof, Real Estate agents being too clean. Why are they always pictured? Why must they always pun? And now, even more knowing what he looks like makes the thought of real estate agent Leonard Feidler on my roof both puzzling and scary. And speaking of Alice, speaking of wonder…"
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First performed: February 2016, FADO, Toronto, Ontario.
Photos: Peter Chen
Des mesures : Duration: 35 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2016
Matériaux : performance
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
What Is Being Refused
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81444
Description: What Is Being Refused or The Local Sky Tonight is part planetarium show, and part rumination on Alice in Wonderland, the nature of rabbits and heroes: an off-kilter guide to the stars tonight.
<br<
"I'm late, I'm late for my entire life! To do lists referencing to do lists, referencing calendars referencing alerts long since ignored. The giant clock of the cosmos… sun rise, sunset: that song repeatedly stuck in my mind because of the real estate agent’s bus bench. The bus bench next to the bus stop where the bus is always 5 minutes behind schedule. Real Estate agent Leonard Feidler’s bus bench. “Thinking of buying or selling a home? Let me be your Feidler on the Roof." By his picture, Leonard Feidler does not look like he has ever been on a roof, Real Estate agents being too clean. Why are they always pictured? Why must they always pun? And now, even more knowing what he looks like makes the thought of real estate agent Leonard Feidler on my roof both puzzling and scary. And speaking of Alice, speaking of wonder…"
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First performed: February 2016, FADO, Toronto, Ontario.
Photos: Peter Chen
Des mesures : Duration: 35 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2016
Matériaux : performance
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
What Is Being Refused
Artist: Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
ID : 81446
Description: What Is Being Refused or The Local Sky Tonight is part planetarium show, and part rumination on Alice in Wonderland, the nature of rabbits and heroes: an off-kilter guide to the stars tonight.
<br<
"I'm late, I'm late for my entire life! To do lists referencing to do lists, referencing calendars referencing alerts long since ignored. The giant clock of the cosmos… sun rise, sunset: that song repeatedly stuck in my mind because of the real estate agent’s bus bench. The bus bench next to the bus stop where the bus is always 5 minutes behind schedule. Real Estate agent Leonard Feidler’s bus bench. “Thinking of buying or selling a home? Let me be your Feidler on the Roof." By his picture, Leonard Feidler does not look like he has ever been on a roof, Real Estate agents being too clean. Why are they always pictured? Why must they always pun? And now, even more knowing what he looks like makes the thought of real estate agent Leonard Feidler on my roof both puzzling and scary. And speaking of Alice, speaking of wonder…"
<br<
First performed: February 2016, FADO, Toronto, Ontario.
Photos: Peter Chen
Des mesures : Duration: 35 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2016
Matériaux : performance
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA

