A Slumber Party to Dismantle the Patriarchy

Performance Installation at Fertile Ground 2020

You’ve been invited to attend a slumber party to dismantle the patriarchy. Drop by during the installation and join us for the following activities: nostalgic snacks, guest interviews, music, face masks, prank calls, and a short work-in-progress performance. Bring a sleeping bag and your best patriarchy scary story to share. Help us build a broader perspective to understand how the patriarchy shows up in our lives and how we can respond. All are welcome.

Hand2Mouth created a new performance titled A Slumber Party To Dismantle The Patriarchy. This performance used the format of the slumber party to uplift sisterhood and to marshal the collective strength and wisdom of the audience in order to build a practical collection of ways and means to fight individual misogyny and structural patriarchy. Ultimately, we see Slumber Party as both an aesthetic/performed response to the persistence of white supremacy and patriarchy AND a critical reflection and revision of our company’s habitual ways of working together. The ensemble was made entirely of women including designers and outside collaborators. This Fertile Ground workshop was interactive and performative and gave us experience starting the conversation and sourcing material from the community for us.