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In the video, the artist is in her “Miss Universe” guise. Miss Universe searches for happiness. She wanders the streets up and down San Francisco asking everyone she meets for directions. Everyone she meets describes the path differently. Will she ever find the way?
Catti Brandelius is an artist who uses various alter egos in her art.
The song “Destination Happiness” is a track from Miss Universe’s album “Selfelected” which was released by NONS records in 2003. Filmed in San Francisco in 2003. Edited in Sweden in 2023.
Born in 1971 in Gävle, Sweden. Lives and works in Stockholm.
Catti Brandelius is an artist and musician. She is educated at University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack) 1997-2000, and at The Royal Art Academy (Kungliga Konsthögskolan) 2007-09 – both in Stockholm. At the Royal Art Academy she was a specialstudent for then rector Marie-Louise Ekman and a student at the graphic department. Photography was her first medium, but she now uses various expressions such as drawing, video, pop music, silkscreen, poetry and tap dance. She was a member of the popband Doktor Kosmos 1991-2001 under the alias Miss Universum. Over the years Brandelius has used several aliases like Profesora, Evert Taube and Elitakrobaten. She uses stereotypes and builds up new personas, which in themselves are stereotypes, but tries to compromise and change these in order to get both herself and others to see the world from new perspectives.
Brandelius performs her work at various venues, from galleries, museums, libraries to theaters, music festivals and on the radio. In her latest film Brandelius takes on the western contemporary training hysteria and competitive fitness obsession from a feminist working class point of view.
