EventsScreening#846

Who is Lun*na Menoh? (2021)

Directed by Jeff Mizushima

Tuesday, July 4, 2023 12 a.m. Eastern / 9 p.m. Pacific

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In this Talk

Director's Note:
Lun*na Menoh produces her own fashion shows that are about fashion shows, where she not only designs all the clothing but also stage-manages, directs, and performs her own live music that pokes fun commentary about the nature of the high fashion show culture. My approach to this documentary is framing her life's work within the largest fashion show she's ever produced. During the course of 24 hours, I show the lead-up to the show, the rehearsals, the show itself, and after the show. Between that timeline, I intercut flashbacks of previous shows, interviews, and work Lun*na has done throughout her decades-long career. This will complement the events that happen during the present show. The cumulative effect should reveal the highly conceptual, witty, and creative world of Lun*na Menoh.

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Lun*na Menoh

A photo of Lun*na Menoh on The Brooklyn Rail's New Social Environment
Lun*na Menoh is a Japanese-born Renaissance artist who lives in Los Angeles. Her work deals with garments that expose the invisible thread between performance and fabric by making sculpturesque dresses, paintings, sculptures, and a series of runway shows with her conceptual but wearable outfits. In early 2005, she started making music, and currently performs as Les Sewing Sisters, whose debut album was released in 2021. Menoh’s work has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Santa Monica Museum of Art, and the Hayward Gallery, London. Since the early 1990s she has presented work at many Los Angeles art spaces and venues, and her work is held in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Jeff Mizushima

A photo of Jeff Mizushima on The Brooklyn Rail's New Social Environment
Jeff Mizushima is a documentary filmmaker, comedy writer, and fitness photographer based in Los Angeles. His narrative feature films include SAKE-BOMB, SALAD DAYS, and ETIENNE! Jeff was named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film in Filmmaker Magazine’s annual survey of new talent for his first feature, ETIENNE!, in 2009. His work focuses on finding the heart and humor in all aspects of life.

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