Dayna McLeod
Biographic Data
| ID | 6535408 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dayna McLeod |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dayna |
| FAMILY NAME | McLeod |
| SIGNATURE | MCLEOD D |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Curation as the Cure for the Archive
Groupe Intervention Vidéo (GIV) is an independent artist run center in Montreal “dedicated to the promotion of videos created by women (in its most inclusive definition) by distributing and presenting them” (GIV website) At the crossroads of longevity, consistency, commitment, and the precarity that accompanies most forms of feminist labor, GIV is one of the most important “accidental” archives of feminist organizing and expression in Quebec. The…
Watch me sleep
Watch me sleep is a video essay that compares Restless , a video installation comprised of night-vision surveillance footage of Dayna McLeod and her girlfriend sleeping, with an excerpt of Under Surveillance: 12hrs at the PHI , a live-feed performance that featured her sleeping alone at the PHI Centre—an arts research and exhibition centre in Montreal—that was livestreamed as part of a fifteen-day broadcasting program in February 2021. This video…
Introduction
What a Feeling
Intimate Karaoke, Live at Uterine Concert Hall (IK-UCH) is a durational performance artwork that features my body as a karaoke venue. Audience members are asked to sing their favorite karaoke song into a microphone in a large room, which is often a theater transformed into a karaoke-friendly performance space. Their singing and musical backing track is wired from this room into a smaller “examination” room where I am stretched out on a table. A B…
Renovate my uterus
This Is What It Sounds Like
This article explores the role of sound in Intimate Karaoke, Live at Uterine Concert Hall, an interactive durational performance that features Dayna McLeod’s body as a concert venue. Here, practice-based methods that were used to generate knowledge through hands-on investigation and performance are detailed, as are experimentations with different presentations of her body and sound. This article discusses the relationship between this performance…
This Is What It Sounds Like
This article explores the role of sound in Intimate Karaoke, Live at Uterine Concert Hall, an interactive durational performance that features Dayna McLeod’s body as a concert venue. Here, practice-based methods that were used to generate knowledge through hands-on investigation and performance are detailed, as are experimentations with different presentations of her body and sound. This article discusses the relationship between this performance…
Renovate my uterus
What a Feeling
Intimate Karaoke, Live at Uterine Concert Hall (IK-UCH) is a durational performance artwork that features my body as a karaoke venue. Audience members are asked to sing their favorite karaoke song into a microphone in a large room, which is often a theater transformed into a karaoke-friendly performance space. Their singing and musical backing track is wired from this room into a smaller “examination” room where I am stretched out on a table. A B…
Watch me sleep
Watch me sleep is a video essay that compares Restless , a video installation comprised of night-vision surveillance footage of Dayna McLeod and her girlfriend sleeping, with an excerpt of Under Surveillance: 12hrs at the PHI , a live-feed performance that featured her sleeping alone at the PHI Centre—an arts research and exhibition centre in Montreal—that was livestreamed as part of a fifteen-day broadcasting program in February 2021. This video…
Introduction
Curation as the Cure for the Archive
Groupe Intervention Vidéo (GIV) is an independent artist run center in Montreal “dedicated to the promotion of videos created by women (in its most inclusive definition) by distributing and presenting them” (GIV website) At the crossroads of longevity, consistency, commitment, and the precarity that accompanies most forms of feminist labor, GIV is one of the most important “accidental” archives of feminist organizing and expression in Quebec. The…
Art (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Queer (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (2 works) · Diversity and Impact of Dance (2 works) · Music History and Culture (2 works)