HOLLIPOPHEAD

Film & Performance

A short film exploring the concept of a wearable portrait.

Commission

Holipopheads is a collaboration between Di Mainstone and Hollie Miller.

Film

A girl appears in a space with a suitcase. She opens it to reveal a collection of intriguing paraphernalia. As she extracts each piece they release a sound. A mirror cut with her profile slides perfectly onto her head. She moves through the space triggering sounds and creating unusual reflections of her profile – sometimes her face is thin and sometimes wide. Once the mirror is applied to her head, we hear the inner workings of her brain…

CREDITS

Di Mainstone

Hollie Miller

Toby Summerskill

Sam Edwards

Di Mainstone ©Di Mainstone

Di is a multi-disciplinary artist and filmmaker whose work has been exhibited at Southbank Centre, The Barbican, the V&A, Sage Gateshead, The National Portrait Gallery & more.

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