Blind Country
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.
Blind Country
January 1, 1989
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Cast (8)
Mike Kelley
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Bob Gibson
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Aura Rosenberg
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Lolly Lincoln
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Amanda Katz
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Ian Bearce
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Kim Keown
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Lori Desantis
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Crew (10)
Directing
Ericka Beckman
Director
Writing
Mike Kelley
Original Concept
Production
Bruce Fiene
Production Assistant
Ericka Beckman
Producer
Jan Callahan
Production Assistant
Adam Gilmore
Production Assistant
Sound
Bruce Darby
Music
Art
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Mike Kelley
Script
Joe Briganti
Other
Editing
Enrique Aguirre
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