One of the things we did with that is that originally, the lab scenes were supposed to be her teach in a university and I didn’t want her to be seen in real life, particularly. I felt like the way we’d created this character was a bit extreme, a bit more extreme than usual and therefore to put her in real life, you’d see the contrast and it wouldn’t work. I wanted people to question, “How does she exist in the real world?” Because she’s not real, really. She’s slightly otherworldly. I think it’s quite nice that she’s kept as an enigma, quite mysterious. We played around with the image of her as well. The obvious choice was to go scrubbed-clean and slightly geeky, but I thought that she’s actually somebody you do a double take at on the street because she’s so striking. She wants to be seen. She wants to be acknowledged. But then you’d never see her again. It’s that kind of person who’s almost untouchable and quite scary and cold and Ice Queen-ish. And she uses her femininity. She uses her sexuality. She toys with men and with women. She actually constructs an image that she thinks will attract women and men and then she can manipulate them. And we based that look on the 1940s femme fatales. She’s got the hair and the pencil skirts, like Lana Turner.

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Born Every Minute of the Day: Having pledged $10,000 in support of James Franco’s Museum of Non-Visible Art, “new media producer” Aimee Davidson has become the proud owner of a one-of-a-kind piece of non-visible art entitled “Fresh Air.”

As the designation suggests, the piece, by “collaborative art team” Brainard and Delia Carey (AKA Praxis), does not actually exist. Instead, in exchange for parting with their money, museum contributors such as Davidson receive a printed description of what the artists imagine the piece would look like had they put in the time to make it.

From the museum’s website:

Composed entirely of ideas, the Non-Visible Museum redefines the concept of what is real. Although the artworks themselves are not visible, the descriptions open our eyes to a parallel world built of images and words. This world is not visible, but it is real, perhaps more real than the world of matter, and it is also for sale.

And here is the description of the piece Davidson bought:

The air you are purchasing is like buying an endless tank of oxygen. No matter where you are, you always have the ability to take a breath of the most delicious, clean-smelling air that the earth can produce. Every breath you take gives you endless peace and health. This artwork is something to carry with you if you own it. Because wherever you are, you can imagine yourself getting the most beautiful taste of air that is from the mountain tops or fields or from the ocean side; it is an endless supply.

Sadly, being a one-of-a-kind piece, “Fresh Air” is all sold out. I guess you’ll have to make do with printing out the description yourself.

[blogtown / huffpo / kickstarter / geekosystem.]