Barbie Dream

In ‘Barbie Dream’, Christopher Sonny Martinez transports us to a cam girl dreamworld, starring underground performance artist Rosé Hernandez as the iconic plastic doll, set to a pumping score by nightlife legend Ariel Zetina. As the narrative gradually shifts, the one-sided screen of cybersex culture fades into something much more vulnerable. Sonny tells us “I’ve considered Rosé as one of my art parents as well as my muse since we first found each other in the Chicago underground art scene. This video also captures a pivotal metamorphosis…it was through making it that Rosé began to inhabit her full-femme self more clearly. Shortly afterwards, she began her transition, evolving to embody a more self-determined ideal of beauty.” Check it out below!