Jess Dobkin’s Wetrospective AC25 part of the Ocean Conservation

part of the Ocean Conservation Trust

With topics taken from history

David Lloyd passed away from metastatic prostate cancer in a nursing home in November 2019

to the constant presence of her in-laws

and Reinhart Cruger

Jess Dobkin’s Wetrospective AC25 part of the Ocean ConservationTaking as its starting point the first ever retrospective exhibition (2021) of performance art icon Jess Dobkin, the book reflects on the internationally acclaimed artists playful and provocative practice as performer, activist, curator, and community leader. At the same time, it grapples with a question that is vital for art and performance studies: How do archives perform? More than a discrete showing of a single artists work, the exhibition,