emelie carlén

DOPPELGÄNGER

20.06 min

2024

In the film Doppelgänger, the ancient bas-relief Gradiva is traced to several plaster collections around Europe

with a narrative unfolding a personal experience of psychoanalysis where the self is transformed into a we when

she encounter her own image in the form of the relief. As a hybrid essay, the film leads us through plaster collections and 3D scanned environments, creating an evocative environment where fictional and sculptural bodies blends together.A story that partly talks about the creation of a trope but also highlights the role of the copy, its value, history and future.

Camera and edit: Emelie Carlén

Music: Sanne Dasseville
Sound: Sofia Neves

Text and Voice over: Emelie Carlén

Color grading: Nils Fridén

Animation: Emelie Carlén and Valentin Malmgren

Distributed by Filmform

With support by IASPIS – International Program for Visual and Applied Arts, Swedish Arts Grants Committee,

Danish Arts Foundation, Längmanska Culture Foundation, Helge Ax.son Johnson Foundation

3D scanned relief moulded into plaster

55 x 75 cm