"elle and the fauxlograms" By Elle Mehrmand

Using science fiction as a non-narrative platform, this performative still takes place within the speculative space of an ethno-dysphoric cloning lab, where diasporic anxiety is analyzed through the process of fauxlographic cloning. The fauxlographic falseness of the hologram parallels the falseness of the mytho-poetic constructs of identity, and offers a temporal existence for the split subjectivity of the diasporic body. They are never fully human, creating a translucent relationship with the viewer, one that is not part of a binary construct, but one that arises from a unique space within the perception of their diasporic anxiety. They are vulnerable in their nudity with their pixellated flesh and informatic contents exposed. Between the performance of the hyper exoticized body, terror, and hysteria, the clones slip between the many degrees of the hilarious, the horrific, and madness, creating an uncomfortable juxtaposition of intensities, while subverting a traditionally militarized space for technology.