Blind Country (1989)
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.
Videos
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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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Ericka Beckman
Director
Director
Ericka Beckman
Producer
Producer
Mike Kelley
Script
Script
Mike Kelley
Original Concept
Original Concept
Bruce Darby
Music
Music
Enrique Aguirre
Online Editor
Online Editor
Joe Briganti
Other
Other
Bruce Fiene
Production Assistant
Production Assistant
Adam Gilmore
Production Assistant
Production Assistant
Jan Callahan
Production Assistant
Production Assistant
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