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May 14, 2003 · Orlan, carnal art: Directed by Stéphan Oriach. With Orlan, Connie Chung, Gladys Fabre, Jean-Paul Fargier.
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- Documentary
- Stéphan Oriach
- 2003-05-14
Carnal Art. Definition : Carnal Art is self-portraiture in the classical sense but made by means of today’s technology. It swings between defiguration and refiguration. Its inscription into the flesh is due to the new possibilities inherent to our age. The body has become a “modified ready-made”, no longer seen as the ideal it once ...
A documentary covering the rebirth of St.Orlan from 1991 through most of the decade.
Orlan is a performance artist. She transforms her image, changes her body, through cosmetic surgery. First, she creates a robot portrait by merging several works: the birth of Venus, Psyche, Diana, Europe and the Mona Lisa. portrait that surgeons apply to her face and body.
Orlan, carnal art (2001) Movie, A documentary covering the rebirth of St.Orlan from 1991 through most of the decade
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The film chronicals a series of operations performed on Orlan, a French woman intent on completely changing her appearance. These operations however, are not an attempt to change her apperance for purposes of beauty, but is instead an attempt to change her appearance to what beauty was considered at different points in history.
