Alisa Salma Hayek is very busy. Ironically, considering that Mexican actresses have been told she will not work after the age of 35. Now, Hayek has just celebrated her 52nd birthday and is preparing to release the Hummingbird project at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday. Pretty blonde Wall Street shark – just won the Venice Franca Sozzani Award, and her husband Fran?ois-Henri Pinault, her recent update in Bora Bora surprised her.
“I was shocked,” Hayek said, kicking off her diamond-studded heels and sitting at the Palazzo Grassi Theatre in Venice. “The first thing I think is that I will wear different things.”
Hayek participated in the premiere of her performance film “Ugan” in Venice in the past week. Directed by Martha Fiennes, the title of this non-narrative short film is from Japanese and expresses appreciation for beauty and art. Partially coded and partially CGI, it is an experimental sneak into the mysterious underworld, allowing the Frida star to release her inner performing artist.
“This is a conceptual art work that shows the building behind a woman,” Hayek said. “The use of abstracts is very free.”
“This is a conceptual art work that shows the building behind a woman,” Hayek said. “The use of abstracts is very free.”
Designed by Fiennes, she wore feathers, gold bling, and a Tim Burton-style headwear, not to mention a red silk dress and a bodice. “The whole process is crazy,” Hayek said. “We will start a prototype, then mess it up and add something to oppose it. Sometimes I wear such thick clothes and I can’t walk.”
Each prototype on the screen is selected by an AI programming algorithm that randomly selects them, such as tarot cards. Hayek has more paintings than video art and looks at this character inward.
“Martha took me on a tour of all female prototypes and how women are underrated,” she said. “What are the unknown stories of our own magic?”
Hayek said that supernatural may make some people confused, but adventure is very important for art. “In the imaginary industry, very few people seize the opportunity,” she explained. “In the art world, people have much less opportunity for women. This is true. Especially if they come from another profession.”
This experience inspired Hayek’s creation, she runs her own production company and makes her own surreal film. “I have a dream project and I have been working for 13 years,” she said. “I wrote a movie that wanted to be guided, related to technology and subconsciousness. It was very intuitive. This project gave me the courage to pursue it.”
