In the early 90s , Elster held her first private show at the Shooting Gallery , exhibiting a series of stencil canvases and screening an experimental film . Elster made her first short films on shoe-string budgets . '' Dirty '' and '' Ill Will '' were both shown at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2001 . A native New Yorker , Elster was greatly influenced by 9/11 and cited the experience as " an inevitable influence " on her work and life . In 2003 Elster 's debut feature , '' Particles of Truth '' , premiered in the Tribeca Film Festival and aired on the Sundance Channel and Netflix . The small-budget indie was described by '' Variety '' as " what Hollywood mightily strives for – a believable romantic comedy . " Kevin Thomas of the '' Los Angeles Times '' called it " an assured and ambitious first film , " noting that , " The images of '' Particles of Truth '' are so sharp and cut so deep , it 's as if its writer-director and co-star Jennifer Elster made them with a scalpel . " Eric Campos of Film Threat described the film as " quite an intense emotional rollercoaster with standout performances , especially from Elster . " '' The Being Experience '' was a multimedia project of Elster 's started with clues online in 2010 . A diverse group of people collaborated with her , including Moby , Temple Grandin and Yoko Ono . On the 25th of each month , Elster would release a new installment of the project online . Paste Magazine reported of the episodic release : " The delivery will be as unconventional as the experience itself . " '' The Being Experience '' has been described by Paste as an " eerie psychological ride " , while IndieWire notes the unconventional nature of '' Into the Woods '' : " Elster 's subjects are both literally and figuratively unaware of their path . " Elster expanded her work in fashion and multimedia by founding the J. Elster brand . The New York Times commented that " the beauty of the handmade pieces is in how the leather is cut , which Ms. Elster describes as ' raw and savage ' . " After years of working out of the public eye , Elster launched ChannelELSTER.com : A Place for Out of the Ordinary Cinema and Sound and opened The Development , a private underground studio and " living installation " , in 2016 . '' The Retrospective of an Extroverted Recluse '' was the first public showing of her work , which was hailed by Michael Tommaseillo of The Huffington Post as " simply magnificent . It dealt with some of my favorite sad topics such as love , love lost , longing , and conflict . " The pop-up show featured a multi-disciplinary installation of photography , painting , video , and performances by Trevor Gureckis , Mariko Anruku and Sugar Vendil
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