Yellow Towel

Dana Michel | Canada

As a child, Dana Michel would drape a yellow towel on her head in an attempt to emulate the blonde girls at school. In her performative ritual she toys with identities and digs into black culture stereotypes, exploring the nature of multiple personalities through various postures. Dana Michel is a master of transformation and able to continuously develop new characters and figures: slowly cycling her way through different personas between black and white, male and female, silent and talkative, flexible and stiff, sometimes muttering parts and shuddering or humorously debating the pros and cons of a weather forecast.