Through the process of studying in France and writing three plays about Napoleon Bonaparte, memories from her past life involving Napoleon came into conscious awareness. She believes she was The Emperor's Stepdaughter, Hortense de Beauharnais, and later also became his sister in law and the mother of his eventual heir Napoleon III.

Hortense and Napoleon had very deep mutual feelings about good works. This included all aspects of progress: legal, educational, cultural etc. Hortense was particularly concerned about campaigning for the wellbeing of women. Napoleon was always extremely supportive of her work.

In this presentation, the Tanster will explore how researching Napoleon’s life led her to believing that she actually knew him intimately in a past life.

PRODUCER: The Tanster

The Tanster is a street artist fighting to raise money and awareness for the Coalition for Women's Cancers at Southampton Hospital. Much of this project is inspired by what she believes to be memories from a past life.

The Tanster grew up mostly in Southampton, NY. She wrote novels, then three plays about Napoleon. This led to a year at the Sorbonne in Paris, a BA from Stony Brook Magna Cum Laude (2000) and a Master's in Film Production (2003) from NYIT. After helming a full length motion picture Griffith Gaunt, she became a Wire Photographer for Getty Images (2005-2008). This brought her to a front row view of how big time media works. Now the @gemeinschaftprojekt (Community Project in German) is a Public Art initiative in support of The Coalition for Women’s Cancers at Southampton Hospital.

“I want to use the Internet as an instrument of Compassion. I install Rainbow Public Art placed on trees and utility poles. The Art is invariably removed by someone. The back of the Art includes a request for a donation to be sent directly to the Coalition for Women's Cancers at Southampton Hospital.”