Membranes and beauty

From: Winnipeg Free Press | Date: April 19, 2007 | Copyright information

UNLIKE other artists participating in Nuna (Now), Stephen Lawson only recently discovered his Icelandic roots. And the Montreal-based performance artist found out he has a rather intimate connection to the Nordic country.

"I was adopted at birth and have been recently reunited with my birth mother," explains Lawson, who will perform his one-woman drag show Zona Pellucida on the opening night of the upcoming Icelandic/Manitoban arts festival.

"And not only is she of Icelandic des...

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