Glass Meet The Future Film Festival 2021

“Perfect” takes place within “Lift Like a Princess,” a fantastical gym composed entirely of sparkling pink glass which sweetly subverts the narrative of the Pink Princess Industrial Complex. The soundtrack, composed by the artist using her labored breath and glass-and-latex instruments, provides tense contrast to the saccharine scene. The intense workout depicted reflects the artist’s struggle with internal and societal forces that demand Perfection, as a mother, lover, artist, friend and academic. These compulsions are amplified by pressure exerted by western culture on women to push their bodies to the point of starvation and injury to attain the “perfect” body.