Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan
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Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan are a Canadian
performance art
duo, who have collaborated on performances, films, videos, publications and public art projects since 1989. Both out lesbian
s, Dempsey and Millan collaborate most commonly on performances addressing lesbian and feminist
themes in a variety of media, including film, video and live performance poetry.
Their most famous works are the music video "We're Talking Vulva" and the performance video "What Does a Lesbian Look Like?", which was in regular rotation on MuchMusic
in the 1990s and was featured on the spoken word poetry compilation album Word Up.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
performance art
Performance art
In art, performance art is a performance presented to an audience, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation. The performance can be live or...
duo, who have collaborated on performances, films, videos, publications and public art projects since 1989. Both out lesbian
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
s, Dempsey and Millan collaborate most commonly on performances addressing lesbian and feminist
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
themes in a variety of media, including film, video and live performance poetry.
Their most famous works are the music video "We're Talking Vulva" and the performance video "What Does a Lesbian Look Like?", which was in regular rotation on MuchMusic
MuchMusic
MuchMusic is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. MuchMusic is dedicated to music-related programs, pop and youth culture.-History:...
in the 1990s and was featured on the spoken word poetry compilation album Word Up.