1989 | United States | Experimental

Dung Smoke Enters the Palace

  • English - 16 mins
  • Director | Leslie Thornton
  • Writer | Leslie Thornton
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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An anti-narrative adventure traveling through a phantasmagoric environment void of stability. The video presents a bizarre compendium of archival and industrial footage accompanied by a noisy soundtrack of music and voices from the past, as if echoing the ether of the viewer’s mind. Thornton’s distinctive visual style of collaging random elements elicits an eerie sense of being lost amidst past and present, breeding a confusion that complicates any clear reading of the image.

Surreal Apocalyptic Pop Culture Anti-narrative Phantasmagoric Found Footage Experimental Video Art 1980s
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