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Duchampiana
Director:
Lilian Hess
Running Time:
10
Year:
2024
Country:
France/Germany
Project type:
Immersive Experience
Description:
The female form, once displayed without agency, breaks free from convention as Duchampiana chooses to move upward, skyward. There is no finish line: the journey towards a free and authentic self means pushing forever onwards. An exercise in resilience and an encounter with truths buried deep within our physical bodies.
Duchampiana is an artistic VR installation focused on the theme of body politics. Departing from one of art history’s most notorious paintings - Duchamp’s “Nude Descending A Staircase No 2” - this immersive installation invites its audience to engage in a physical transgression of social constructs.
Lilian Hess
Lilian Hess is an independent artist based between Berlin and London. A documentarist at heart and former scholar of Modern Literature and Surrealism, Lilian works across film, photography, audio and immersive formats. Her work predominantly explores the politics of the body and personal histories, and has been exhibited at festivals across Europe and the US. Having made a name for herself as an accomplished XR producer (Cosmos Within Us, Off The Record, Haunted Hotel), Duchampiana is her directorial debut in the immersive field. Her most recent feature documentary Observations at 65º South was acquired by Netflix in October 2022.
