One of nine Lulus, Jenny.
"Digital Lulu - A Mediated Seduction"
is a current project I'm working on. It's my final thesis project for
UCLA design/Media Arts and University of art and design Helsinki. My thesis
deals with the ways that new media change the way we tell stories, and
how some stories are able to travel along different media. It's about
film stars, cult images, fan cultures, look-a-likes, cosplay, pin-up culture
etc. The center of my work is Lulu, a character played by Louise Brooks
in G.W. Pabst's legendary film Pandora's Box (1929). The Digi Lulu will
be an interactive film/installation, in which 9 Lulus perform the same
scenes. According to the amount of viewers, there will be an equal amount
of Lulus viewed on the screen. The scenes will be edited so that the action
goes on but the Lulu changes constantly. All the actrresses/actors are
of diverse ethnicities, ages, sizes and body types. The nine different
Lulus represent the many views the audience have on films and film star
images.
Louise Brooks |