John Miller Dress Rehearsal for the Revolution, 2019

❝ For Dress Rehearsal for the Revolution, Miller configured a mannequin school of rock, deadpan and frozen in a state of detached contemplation. Read together, the ensemble prompts questions about youth culture as a projection screen for hopes of societal renewal. How might one reconcile this optimism with the realities of nine-to-five conformism and corporate ownership of labor? ❞ *