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AGE PERFECT

AGE PERFECT

DAYNA MCLEOD | CANADA | 2025 | 2 MIN | ENGLISH

DAYNA MCLEOD | CANADA | 2025 | 2 MIN | ENGLISH

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NOV 23 / 19:00PHI407 Rue Saint-Pierre. Montréal, QC H2Y 2M3 (métro Square Victoria-OACI)

Synopsis

A 2-minute video essay that playfully uses performance-based methods of re-enactment to attempt to enter the frame and material conditions of anti-aging cream commercials and other beauty ads to critique their construction while showcasing their artifice.

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