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Blind Country

1989-01-01

21 mins

The Plot

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.

Cast and Crew

Mike Kelley

Mike Kelley

Bob Gibson

Bob Gibson

Aura Rosenberg

Aura Rosenberg

Lolly Lincoln

Lolly Lincoln

Amanda Katz

Amanda Katz

Ian Bearce

Ian Bearce

Kim Keown

Kim Keown

Lori Desantis

Lori Desantis

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