CosPlay Excerpt - video created with artist Elena Dorfman

Statement of Purpose

Elena Dorfman's prior body of work, Still Lovers, focuses on the relationship between silicone sex dolls and their owners. Explorations of identity through portraiture are at the forefront of Dorfman's work. In her most recent series, Re-Anime: Photographs of Fandom, Dorfman explores the pop-cultural phenomenon of "cosplay." Cosplayers dress up in costumes that represent characters from video games, animated films, and the Japanese graphic novels. This exploding subculture, adapted from the Japanese "geek" craze, flourishes at convention centers, college dorms, private clubs, and homes across the country, every day of the year. It is a private world that continues to grow.

http://elenadorfman.com/art/fandomania/index.html

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• elena
• dorfman
• cosplay
• fandomania
• animation