Elena Knox Elena Knox i(A71711 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 Bild-Lilli Elena Knox , Elena Knox (composer), 2012 single work musical theatre

'Before Barbie™, there was Bild-Lilli. Hard drinking and smoking hot, this 50s icon riots her passage from Hamburg to Mattel. Bild-Lilli presents the true and mercurial fortunes of Lilli, the 1950s prototype for the Barbie™ doll.

Savvy, sassy, hard drinking and smoking hot, Lilli began "life" as a tabloid cartoon in the Hamburg newspaper Bild, became a popular German men's toy, and in a severe twist of ironic economics now delights little girls worldwide. Scheisse!

Our heroine grapples with image obsession, celebrity, syntax, the neckline of the dirndl — how much is she responsible for? Bild-Lilli's quest involves her hilariously learning how to sue, after she finds out that identity theft is a crime and cloning is barely legal, and that the price paid by the Mattel corporation for her DNA (Doll's Nether Attributes) was an absolute swindle. She becomes a plastic, schizophrenic Erin Brockovich, and finally represents herself against herself in court, campaigning simultaneously for intellectual property crackdowns and global free markets, wearing, of course, her law suit.

Hold on to your hamburgers as Lull Studios serves a poetic mash-up of live art and songs and things that are so wrong they're... very, very wrong. Up against capitalism, commercialism, globalization and an incontinent poodle, what's a dashboard dolly to do?' Source: www.malthousetheatre.com.au/ (Sighted 05/07/2012).

1 Salacia i "she whales into the carpark", Elena Knox , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 196 2009; (p. 43)
1 1 y separately published work icon Trope : Writing in Second Life Cristyn Davies , Sarah Waterson , Elena Knox , Australia : 2008 Z1550028 2008 website 'Trope promotes new Australian writing within virtual environments ... Trope creatively intervenes in the ways that readers engage with literary texts and aims to expand writing networks and to further develop the virtual literary community. Trope features short fiction and poetry in selected exhibitions. Texts are repositioned in a spatialised visual format/s and audio designed for SL users to experience texts in a three dimensional world.'
1 The Muckrakers i "meat secret", Elena Knox , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , December no. 25 2006;
1 Hornpipe i "I went through water", Elena Knox , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 64 no. 3 2004; (p. 116)
1 Polka for Drink Drivers i "red face white", Elena Knox , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 64 no. 3 2004; (p. 115-116)
1 Hangover Waltz i "profiteroles blasted through", Elena Knox , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 64 no. 3 2004; (p. 115)
1 Jitterbug at Lunch i "you're a", Elena Knox , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 64 no. 3 2004; (p. 114)
1 Pinata i "I see flowers and electronics", Elena Knox , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , May vol. 31 no. 1 2004; (p. 64)
1 Yellow Monday i "platform 2", Elena Knox , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Divan , no. 5 2004;
1 y separately published work icon Fat Bad Plan Elena Knox , Newtown : Vagabond Press , 2002 Z1142720 2002 selected work poetry
1 Supercondor i "its a bird.......", Elena Knox , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 26 2002; (p. 171)
1 The Flick i "in my rear", Elena Knox , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sidewalk , December no. 10 2002; (p. 24-25)
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