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MFA 1 - March 2004

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Leslie Sisson
The Rolletta Lynn Hall of Fame
still image of video installation
2004

 If you had one thing to change about yourself, what would it be? For the artist, the list is endless. Internally, she struggles with issues of sexuality, aggression, and self-image. However, after nearly two years of self-discovery in a completely different subculture, the artist finds a persona to steer her through these personal obstacles step by step, or rather, skate by skate. Rolletta Lynn, a.k.a. Leslie Sisson, is a Texas Rollergirl, and the recent rebirth of roller derby is drastically changing her life. A close friend once said," I think her roller-derby persona and her real self are starting to crossover. Pretty soon, where there was once Leslie, there will be only Rolletta, and then the world will be hers for the taking."