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Blind Country

1989-01-01
6
en 21m
ComedyFantasy
This collaborative video project is based on a short story by H.G. Wells called "The Country of the Blind"—about a man who travels to a country of blind people and attempts to dominate their sensual, feminine culture with his male, sight-derived power. Following this theme, "Blind Country" begins with animated fruit dancing over Mike Kelley's body and the admonition of "Northerners" to "refill the quickly emptying sack." In the male-dominated land of the North, candy-spurting pinatas stand as phallic symbols. Presumably castrated, and stripped of his authority, Kelley acts the buffoon as he is led through the murky land of the South, a "female," earthy, "realm of the senses" opposing the phallocentric world of the North.

Director

Ericka Beckman

Script

Mike Kelley

Production Assistant

Jan Callahan

Production Assistant

Adam Gilmore

Other

Joe Briganti

Music

Bruce Darby

castration performance art grotesque

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies