Swedian Lie

In this issue, we discuss death & mortality in the vein of the kinds of stories and performances we create around the loss of life as well as the boundaries…

SWEDIAN LIE If you were asked the question “what genre of music has the most references to drugs and illicit substances in its lyrics,” what would you have answered? If…

In this issue, we continue our conversation around food from our previous issue, Acting Hungry: Food for Thoughts on Performance, and explore the taboos of consumption, discussing the obvious performative…

NATALIE GALLAGHER & SWEDIAN LIE In the current American political landscape, one might suggest that, as the state of U.S. politics shift further away from the center and more towards…

In this issue, we play with a double entendre and explore the many kinds of movements that shape our lives, be they physical movements & practices such as dance and…

NORA ROSENGARTEN & SWEDIAN LIE Polyamory is often defined as the act — or what Merriam-Webster calls “a state or practice” — of actively juggling more than one intimate relationship at a time, in…

In this issue, we explore the events & rituals of significant transition in the process of growing up, whether that’s childhood to adulthood and/or during other life-changing performative moments, such…

SWEDIAN LIE In this issue, we sat down with Caitlin Cassidy and Geoff Kanick, the co-artistic directors of LubDub Theatre Company, a physical theatre company based in New York City.…

In this issue, we discuss the ways in which members of a group perform their functions and roles as a whole unit (whether consciously or subconsciously) and consider some of the…

In this issue of SixByEight Press, we discuss the various ways in which we express opinions of agreement and approval — and what happens when these performative contracts of consent…