The seductive gazes with which Fergie, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé and Katy Perry once pierced the camera, reach us through a whirlwind of reproduction and deformation. Their images deconstructed so far that halftone dots become visible, their iconic Y2K pop hits collapsed into faintly recognisable reverberations. Using 16 and 35mm film, vinyl stickers, photograms and lace, Ela Kazdal dissects the pop star as media object, tracing its allure through layers of distortion and decay - Loes van Keulen (IFFR, 2025)

A two-minute whirlwind of halftone dots, photograms, vinyl stickers and lace, the film deconstructs iconic pop stardom—into faint, flickering reverberations. - Gigi Surel, Teaspoon Projects, 2025

Combining 16mm and 35mm film, vinyl stickers, photograms, and lace, the filmmaker prints a strange remix of 2000s music videos that threaten to overtake their subjects by filmstrip a la Tscherkassky’s seminal Outer Space (1999). - Onion City Experimental Film Festival, 2025

Ela Kazdal’s two-minute short deconstructed iconic pop stardom—from Britney Spears to Beyoncé—through halftone imagery, low-resolution screens, and flickering reverberations. Previously screened at festivals in Rotterdam, Chicago, and Leiden, the work reflected on the blurred and reimagined traces of Y2K celebrity culture. - vitruta, 2025