Masked and merkin-clad performance artist Narcissister reveals the deeper meanings behind her spectacular onstage interactions with mannequins, veils, a giant sculpted vagina, and her own body orifices. Growing up the biracial child of a Sephardic Jewish mother from Morocco and an African American father from Los Angeles, the Brooklyn-based artist reflects on the evolution of her work rooted in family, embodied culture, and erotic expression. With elaborate costumes, pop music, and humor, Narcissister Organ Player is a thrilling, profound, and utterly moving portrait of the liberation of body and psyche through art. 2018, US, digital, 91 min.
Bio
Narcissister is a Brooklyn-based artist and performer who works at the intersection of dance, art, and activism in a range of media, including film, video art, and experimental music. She has presented work worldwide at festivals, nightclubs, museums, and galleries. She won “Best Use of a Sex Toy” at the Good Vibrations Erotic Film Festival, a Bessie Award nomination for the theatrical performance of Organ Player, and Creative Capital and United States Artists awards. Interested in troubling the popular entertainment and experimental art divide, she appeared on America’s Got Talent. She is a 2018 Sundance and SXSW Film Festival fellow, a 2018 Sundance Theatre Lab Fellow, and an ArtPace Residency recipient in 2019. Her activist short film Narcissister Breast Work premiered at Sundance 2020.
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Content note: Contains nudity, erotic performance, and sexual material.
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