The Ontario College of Art & Design presents:
Art Creates Change: The Kym Pruesse Speaker Series
Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan
Tuesday, January 26, 6:30 p.m.
In their presentation Talking Back, Dempsey and Millan discuss the power of art and stories as resistance to violence, war and various stupidities that comprise the modern era. Talking Back includes live performance and video excerpts of recent works.
Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, otherwise known as Finger in the Dyke Productions, are internationally celebrated for their strident, irreverent and humourous performances. Collaborators since 1989, this Winnipeg-based duo gained national attention with the controversial performance piece We’re Talking Vulva. Since then, they have toured extensively having screened in venues as far-ranging as women's centres in Sri Lanka to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Their most recent concerns include fragile lesbian ecosystems as evidenced in their recent publication Lesbian National Parks & Services Field Guide to North America.
Ontario College of Art & Design
Auditorium (Rm 190), 100 McCaul Street, Toronto
416-977-6000 | www.ocad.ca
All are welcome; admission is free. Limited seating available; guests are advised to arrive early.
Art Creates Change: The Kym Pruesse Speaker Series continues with a talk by Ian Connacher, including a screening of his film Addicted to Plastic, on Wednesday, February 3, 6:30 p.m. Other speakers include Jamelie Hassan on Wednesday, February 17, 6:30 p.m., and Ryan Rice on Tuesday, March 9, 7 p.m.
Media inquiries:
Sarah Mulholland, Media & Communications Officer, OCAD
smulholland@ocad.ca , 417-977-6000 Ext. 327 (mobile Ext. 1327)
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