BC History Digitization Program

Lori Blondeau, 'Bleached'

Description

Lori Blondeau's Bleached takes a humorous and poignant look at Indigenous family life, identity, whiteness, and discrimination framed as the familiar chatty dialogue at a salon or home haircare session. This performance was curated by Lynn Hill of the ALA Collective as part of the Havana Series.

Bleached Negative 04B
Title:
Bleached Negative 04B
Date:
1999-10-19
Contributors:
Lori Blondeau (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Audience members and performers chat. Still from Lori Blondeau's Bleached.
Bleached Negative 01
Title:
Bleached Negative 01
Date:
1999-10-19
Contributors:
Lori Blondeau (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Lori Blondeau bleaches shirts while her assistant bleaches hair. Still from Lori Blondeau's Bleached.
Bleached Negative 22
Title:
Bleached Negative 22
Date:
1999-10-19
Contributors:
Lori Blondeau (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
A performer prepares a clothesline. Performers comb and bleach hair. Still from Lori Blondeau's Bleached.
Bleached Negative 26
Title:
Bleached Negative 26
Date:
1999-10-19
Contributors:
Lori Blondeau (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
A performer bleaches hair. Still from Lori Blondeau's Bleached.
Bleached Negative 12
Title:
Bleached Negative 12
Date:
1999-10-19
Contributors:
Lori Blondeau (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Performers comb and bleach hair. Still from Lori Blondeau's Bleached.
Bleached Negative 15
Title:
Bleached Negative 15
Date:
1999-10-19
Contributors:
Lori Blondeau (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Lori Blondeau combs Dana Claxton's hair. Performers comb and bleach hair. Still from Lori Blondeau's Bleached.
Bleached Negative 06
Title:
Bleached Negative 06
Date:
1999-10-19
Contributors:
Lori Blondeau (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Lori Blondeau addresses the audience. Still from Lori Blondeau's Bleached.
Bleached Negative 11
Title:
Bleached Negative 11
Date:
1999-10-19
Contributors:
Lori Blondeau (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Performers comb and bleach hair. Still from Lori Blondeau's Bleached.
Bleached Negative 34B
Title:
Bleached Negative 34B
Date:
1999-10-19
Contributors:
Lori Blondeau (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Lori Blondeau inspects the bleach job. Still from Lori Blondeau's Bleached.
Bleached Negative 34
Title:
Bleached Negative 34
Date:
1999-10-19
Contributors:
Lori Blondeau (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Lori Blondeau pours bleach in a bucket while her assistant prepares to bleach hair. Still from Lori Blondeau's Bleached.
Bleached Negative 28B
Title:
Bleached Negative 28B
Date:
1999-10-19
Contributors:
Lori Blondeau (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Performers laugh together. Still from Lori Blondeau's Bleached.
Bleached Negative 32
Title:
Bleached Negative 32
Date:
1999-10-19
Contributors:
Lori Blondeau (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Lori Blondeau attends to her clothesline as her assistant bleaches hair. Still from Lori Blondeau's Bleached.
Bleached Video Documentation
Title:
Bleached Video Documentation
Date:
1999-10-19
Contributors:
Lori Blondeau (Performer), Mike MacDonald (Videographer)
Type:
moving image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Video documentation of Bleached by Lori Blondeau.