Artist Amalia Ulman Makes Her Feature Debut with Sundance Contender ‘El Planeta’
Anna Marie de la Fuente Among the films in World Cinema Dramatic Competition at this year’s virtual Sundance is the darkly comic “El Planeta,” the debut feature of Spanish-Argentine artist Amalia Ulman who has worked in video, sculpture and performance art.Ulman is best known for her 2014 performance art piece “Excellences and Perfections” (more on that here), which was included in a group show at the Tate Modern. Her multidisciplinary art involves the use of social media, magazine photoshoots, interviews, self-promotion and brand endorsements as devices for her fictional narratives.“El Planeta” has even caught the eye of filmmaker-artist Miranda July (“Kajillionaire”) whose body of work includes fiction, monologue, digital media