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They Call Me… Colette – A Film by Nick Hampson

A captivating documentary on punk performance artist Colette, exploring her many personas through staged death and rebirth.

They Call Me… Colette – A Film by Nick Hampson

A captivating documentary on punk performance artist Colette, exploring her many personas through staged death and rebirth.

Huseyin Emanet

Huseyin Emanet

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They Call Me… Colette – A Film by Nick Hampson

Film

Punk performance artist Colette stages her own death repeatedly to transcend identity and gender constraints. Nick Hampson's short film traces her evolution from 70s New York art scene icon to a multiplicity of selves—Justine, House of Olympia, Countess Reichenbach—each persona a rebirth.

Shot in NYC and Maine, the documentary captures Colette's installations and performances where reality and theatricality blur. Her punk sensibility and refusal to be singular are rendered in vivid visuals, making this a compelling portrait of an artist who embodies transformation.