HAUTE FLASH

An infrared thermal (IRT) short film on the hormonal transition of Menopause. Shot entirely with a heat-sensitive rifle scope, the crosshairs are visible throughout the film, referencing the targeted feeling of radically shifting hormones experienced throughout peri/menopause.
A glass Head represents “Hormones” and the character “Woman” is a gracefully aging, voluptuous goddess existing on a primordial beach; the heating and cooling effects on her body can be seen. The Head washes ashore, and Woman experiences a menopausal transition upon touching it, she becomes a transformed creature of newfound strength. Contrasting the stark, geological island landscape and ocean imagery of Maui, Hawai’i with primal movement, the lone female character appears as a translucent being in a realm where the body possesses a simultaneous interiority/exteriority, as warm veins and cold or wet extremities are visible.

HAUTE FLASH was made for 'Transitional States: Hormones at the Crossroads of Art and Science' a touring video exhibition and public lecture series organized by Dr. Chiara Beccalossi, Lincoln University (U.K.) and the video exhibition curated by Arts Feminism Queer Co-Directors Giulia Casalini and Diana Georgiou (London, U.K). The work screened at Project Space Plus, Lincoln, UK / Peltz Gallery, London, UK / Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), Spain / LABS Gallery Arte Contemporanea, Bologna, Italy.
©2018 Marne Lucas