The Fisherman is a character-driven film and installation project by Lauren Cohen developed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Centered on a fictional figure, the work uses performance, costume, and staged interaction to explore intimacy, projection, and authorship through an invented relationship.

​

The project was produced during Cohen’s winter 2023 residency at MacDowell, where she created a feature-length film incorporating over three hundred ceramic objects and several oil paintings. These works function as integral components of the film and are intended to be exhibited alongside it as a sculptural installation.

​

The Fisherman premiered in the Department of Film at The Museum of Modern Art on May 24, 2023.