operculum
VIDEO
(14m; 1993)
Producer, Director, Writer, Sound, Editor, Talent
VIDEO
(14m; 1993)
Producer, Director, Writer, Sound, Editor, Talent
This experimental documentary juxtaposes footage from visits with seven cosmetic surgeons specializing in blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery) within the Beverly Hills/West Hollywood area with text describing a 1950’s lobotomy procedure to treat psychological patients. This juxtaposition comments on cosmetic surgery as a ‘desperate cure’. Cosmetic surgery of the eyelids on Asian women is regarded as a self-effacing fantasy of attaining the standard of beauty, a standard which demands conformity to the norm of being average. The artist poses as a potential patient while consulting with the seven cosmetic surgeons.
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MEDIA ARTIST LOS ANGELES, CA
MEDIA ARTIST LOS ANGELES, CA