Co-organized with Boston Art Review

Artist Dorian Wood will perform in the Mills Gallery in the context of the exhibition Slow Loops by Luis Arnías. Wood and Arnías —recently brought into conversation through a collaboration for Boston Art Review— have been exploring the intersections of their practices. The full original conversation between them touches on intuition, liberation, and the art of refusing structure, and can be read in Issue 14 of Boston Art Review. Join us for an embodied iteration of this ongoing dialogue. 

The performance Detonada (luna llena) interweaves Dorian Wood’s fascination with Central and South American folk music and her fetishization of kindness. Using her voice, her body and her absorption of all available energy, Wood invites attendees to participate in a communal detonation of presumptions, prejudices and premise. This is Wood’s debut performance in Boston, her new hometown.

The exhibition Slow Loops: Luis Arnías is supported in part by Wagner Foundation.

Schedule

• 6–7 PM: Reception
• 7–7:30 PM: Performance
• 7:30–8 PM: Reception
  

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About the Artist

Dorian Wood (she/they) is an anti-disciplinary artist based in the U.S. Her intent of “infecting” spaces and ideologies with her creative practice is born from a desire to challenge traditions and systems that have contributed to the marginalization of people. Her work has been showcased in concert halls and performance spaces around the world, including at institutions like The Broad (Los Angeles), REDCAT (Los Angeles), Museo Nacional Del Prado (Madrid), the City Hall of Madrid and Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris (Mexico City).  From 2019 to 2020, she completed several successful tours throughout Europe, Mexico and the U.S. with her chamber orchestra tribute to Chavela Vargas, XAVELA LUX AETERNA. Wood is a recipient of an FCA Grants for Artists Award, a Creative Capital Award, a NALAC Fund for the Arts Grant, a COLA Individual Master Artist Project Grant, an LA County Performing Arts Recovery Grant and an Art Matters Foundation Grant. In 2023, Wood premiered Canto de Todes, a touring 12-hour chamber music composition and installation that emphasizes the urgency of folk music as a conduit for social change. In 2024, Wood toured her piano-and-voice interpretation of Sinéad O’Connor’s album I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, honoring the late artist on the anniversary of her passing. Wood has released over a dozen recordings, most recently the albums You are clearly in perversion (2023, Astral Editions), in collaboration with Thor Harris; and Excesiva (Dragon’s Eye Recordings, 2023).

 

About Boston Art Review

Boston Art Review is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization that facilitates discourse about contemporary art and culture through publishing, programming, and events in Boston and beyond. Boston Art Review elevates diverse perspectives while bridging gaps between criticism, coverage, and community engagement. Boston Art Review is committed to amplifying Boston’s reputation as a vibrant contemporary art city and serving as a model for a more connected arts ecosystem where contemporary artists, community spaces, and writers all thrive.