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Play, download and edit the free video DOING LUCY (episode 1), 2019.

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Doing Lucy is a six channel video installation featuring fictionalised reconstructions of early human ancestor Lucy in the lead role. In the fast paced montages of each episode various visual techniques like claymation, low-res animation, altered found footage, regenerated MIDI notes of pop songs and on-cam performance are entangled to co-exist. Lucy is a paleontological specimen that received worldwide attention and obtained celebrity status in 70s popular science. To this day she's globally displayed across natural history museums, her ancestral profile and physical appearance have been remixed, repurposed and rewritten in numerous variations. Lucy seemed to me a fitting conduit to voice how both fiction and fact are needed to speculate on the blurry lines between man and animal, and the impact of centuries of bias and power dynamic. The colour primary red is recurring in all episodes and mirrored in the installation created by artificial light and coloured window film. Being surrounded by the primary colour red intercepts mental and physical behaviour; it's the colour we associate with desire and rage. In many scenes Lucy is confronted with a red substance and its 'power' over her which could be interpreted as her struggle with biological determinism.

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