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.
Uncensored Festival, 2019 London, UK. Official Selection
The Psychedelic Film and Music Festival, 2019, New York, USA Official Selection
CoSM Visionary Women's Film Symposium, 2019, Wappinger Falls, NY. Official Selection
Portland Oregon Women's Film Festival, 2019, Official Selection
Arizona Women's Film Festival, 2019, Flagstaff, AZ. Official Selection
Chicago Underground Film Festival, 2018, Official Selection
Transitional States: Hormones at the Crossroads of Art and Science, 2018, U.K. premiere, Official Selection
'Body Esc', an exhibition of the 2nd International Interdisciplinary Conference "Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art and Science", Corfu, Greece, European premiere.
YoFi Fest, 2018, Yonkers, NY, Official Selection
New York Short Film Festival, 2017, USA Premiere, Official Selection