Elizabeth Orr
2021Nicholas & Hillary
Elizabeth Orr
Jane Levy, Mariana Valencia
Nicholas & Hillary is a short narrative filmed within a 360 degree tracking shot at Artists' Space Books and Talks in NYC. The piece portrays neoliberal superpowers Nicholas Negroponte and Hillary Clinton performed by TV and film actor Jane Levy and NYC choreographer Mariana Valencia. Through gender and race bending performances the characters elaborate on the early development of the internet, their private lives, and anti-cartesian philosophy.
Nicholas & Hillary
MT RUSH
Elizabeth Orr
Julia Read
MT RUSH - is the present as a near-future science fiction, chronicling the day-to-day activities of a lesbian Mt. Rushmore Park Ranger as she navigates an onslaught of interactive fundraising emails that appear on a transparent interface, leading up to the 2016 Presidential election. The narrative arc of the movie is based on the urgent, alarmist, and oddly personalized campaign and fundraising emails from the Democrats and Republicans (i.e. Hillary Has Been Emailing You… or WE QUIT: but we don’t want to quit). Serving as both narrator and foil to the ranger, the emails perform the pervasive political rhetoric in today’s systems of governance; while acting as a meditation on the National Park Service and politics.
MT RUSH