Hawk Swanson dismantled two donated dolls and combined their bodies into a replica of Lolita, the oldest orca in captivity, named after the protagonist of Nabokov’s novel. The project was commissioned and made possible by each doll’s longtime partner: synthetics advocate and doll husband Davecat, and doll owner “Jesse.” During the performance, Davecat, Jesse, and members of the doll and marine mammal activist communities all participated remotely.
Davecat read from Nabokov’s Lolita, and Jesse described the secret room he built to house Heather for 15 years. Other members of the doll and marine mammal activist community also participated remotely in the Livestreamed performance.
Real-life body horror with RealDolls. Incredible. Pure artistic genius. Also terrifying and the closest thing we'll get to a Cronenberg film in real life.