About
Synopsis:
‘Ripe1: Mommy Doll Gets Old,” an amalgam of documentary and performance art, skewers our ideas about aging. Psychologist video-maker Elena TaJo wrestles with a midlife crisis by asking the question: What do you think of when you think of “Old?”
Does it mean it’s time to give up? Does it mean we lose our minds? Does it mean it’s time for plastic surgery? Or does it mean wisdom? The Answers, which come from friends, family, and mentors, are woven into play with her daughter, juxtaposed against advertising imagery, and finally abandoned when she realizes the truth of Getting Old.
Total running time: 11:14
Director Bio:
Elena TaJo, an ex-performer turned clinical psychologist turned around, is the director of TaJo Provocations, a video production company whose mission is to trigger shifts in perspective through art and conversation. As she plays with personal dilemmas such as motherhood and aging, she locates the universal by mining the individual. The videos, which use improvisational play, as well as interviews and visual metaphor, can be described as an amalgam of performance art and documentary forms.
Elena has a private psychology practice in downtown New York City, and lives in Nyack with her husband, 11-year old daughter, and their dog, Albus Dumbledore, upon whose wisdom they all depend.
