'Simon and the Radioactive Flesh' at Arcola Theatre London
Residency artist Mark Aerial Waller exhibits 'Simon and the
Radioactive Flesh' at Arcola Theatre London in conjunction with LUX on
14th October. The project was conceived and first exhibited in
Istanbul during his residency at Platform Garanti as part of his
ongoing project The Wayward Canon. Simon and The Radioactive Flesh is
a co production with artist Giles Round.
A film and intermittent art video screening that transcends into a
purgatorial nightclub setting.
Simon and the RadioactiveFlesh uses Louis Bunuel's 45 minute film of
an ascetic, Simon, a devotee of Simon Stylites, who proclaims his
faith through standing on a column in the desert. The devil visits on
several occasions to lure him from his duty, eventually succeeding in
transposing him to purgatory; an existential beat nightclub in 1960's
New York. In this reworking of the original film, each time the devil
appears the narrative is interrupted by the insertion of a
contemporary video art work. The interruptions continue throughout the
film until finally we too are spatially interrupted, finding ourselves
in a parallel to the purgatorial nightclub setting of the film's last
dance, Carne Radioactivo ( the RadioactiveFlesh).
Artists' videos in running order:
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