Wimbledon College of Arts – Print & Time-Based Media graduation moving image show

Melanie Christine Amengual, BONECA MELUCCI – NOSTRILS!, 2020 This lo-fi, karaoke-like video featuring Boneca Melucci, Melanie Christine’s neat persona, is a humorous approach to pop culture, while incorporating themes such as hyperclean culture and the fetishisation of dirt. Through singing, the persona gives a unique interpretation of sweat, sexualising it and appropriating dirt as a sign of authenticity; a phoney statement in the mouth of a manifestly germaphobic person, embracing an impeccable aesthetic. Artist Bio: Born 1994, in Marseille, France. Lives and works in London, United-Kingdom. Through mediums such as sculpture, performance, video, sound and painting, Melanie’s practice tackles dirt-ridding, hyperclean Western culture and invites the viewer to reconsider natural body waste and cleaning rituals. She studied Applied Foreign Languages at Aix-Marseille University before graduating in Fine Art at University of The Arts London. She currently works as a freelance photographer and visual artist. Vimeo: melaniechristinea