“That’s a Bird of Paradise — and that’s a fake Bird of Paradise. But the fake one is prettier.” - Lions Love (... and Lies), 1969
I love Varda, but what if a plastic flower knows it’s a plastic flower? Sometimes I feel like a plastic flower — alien, aestheticized, mass-produced, synthetic, but also non-biodegradable & hyperreal.
—Manifesto of a Plastic Flower
“That’s a Bird of Paradise — and that’s a fake Bird of Paradise. But the fake one is prettier.” - Lions Love (... and Lies), 1969
I love Varda, but what if a plastic flower knows it’s a plastic flower? Sometimes I feel like a plastic flower — alien, aestheticized, mass-produced, synthetic, but also non-biodegradable & hyperreal.