Isabella Rossellini’s ‘Seduce Me’ coming to The Wolfsonian-FIU


In celebration of next month’s Art Basel Miami Beach, The Wolfsonian-FIU will present “Seduce Me,” a collaboration with Isabella Rossellini, Andy Byers and Rick Gilbert. The installation project takes its name from a series of short videos created by Rossellini that explores the unconventional seduction rituals of creatures ranging from bugs to cuttlefish.

A site-specific project commissioned for The Wolfsonian-FIU, “Seduce Me” features complex and imaginative paper sculptures made by Byers that are used in the videos for sets, props and costumes. The videos were created, produced, directed, written and performed by Rossellini and produced and art directed by Gilbert.

Isabella Rossellini in the "Salmon" episode of "Seduce Me."

“The ‘Seduce Me’ videos are realized by an extraordinary team of creative talent,” said Marianne Lamonaca, the museum’s associate director for curatorial affairs and education. “Elaborating on the themes of the videos, Andy Byers has designed for the Wolfsonian a fantastical landscape, populated by awe-inspiring creatures and made primarily of paper, that conveys the complex, ingenious and precious attributes of nature.”

“Seduce Me” will be presented in the museum’s lobby and the auditorium, from Wednesday through Sunday, Dec. 1-5.

Regarding the videos, Rossellini has said, “After my comical series, ‘Green Porno,’ on how animals mate, I wanted to showcase a new series about how animals seduce each other with different, varied and incredible strategies…they might give us some new ideas about how to conquer our mates!”

The videos feature Rossellini speaking directly to the camera about the creature at hand and use animation, paper cut-outs and puppets to illustrate its particular, often peculiar mating strategies.

Upcoming episodes of “Seduce Me” can be found here. The site also features episodes of “Green Porno,” Rossellini’s multiple Webby Award-winning series, along with exclusive photos and videos.

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