Marilyn, in the dark at St. Luke and St. Simon Cyrene Church
St. Luke and St. Simon Cyrene Church
17 Fitzhugh Street South
Oct 5, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

A continuous video loop, composed of still images taken from a movie Marilyn starred in, underscored by the song “Get Happy”, performed by Judy Garland.
The “worship” of icons such as Marilyn shows that we are obsessing, sometimes our entire lives, with the “false” side of our natures, one imposed on us, not natural to our existence. This obsession has replaced true spirituality since worshipping the facades of ourselves or giving credence to their “power” further removes us from the truth. The downward spiral can be stopped if we take the time to think and look and feel. BIO: Visnja Clayton, filmmaker and artist, used still images of Marilyn she photographed from a television screen and assembled them into a three minute looped video underscored by the song “Get Happy”, performed by Judy Garland in the 1950’s. Originally from Zagreb, Croatia, Visnja graduated from NYU film school with a BFA in Film and TV production. She also has a degree in fashion design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York city. She spent her early years in New York as a designer and a fashion model, later switching to film and video production. She has received numerous awards for her short film “Babushka” and has written a book about emotional nourishment for women, called “The Nourishment Guide for Women”,comprised of dozens of interviews with women from different stations in life talking about how and where they find nourishment. She lives in Rochester, NY. https://shoehornproductions.wordpress.com