THE ABOMINABLE FREEDOM
dirs. Darrin Martin & Torsten Zenas Burns, 2006
41 mins. United States.
In English.
THURSDAY, MAY 5 – 10 PM
FRIDAY, MAY 13 – 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, MAY 21 – MIDNIGHT
FRIDAY, MAY 27 – 10 PM
A hangover of 70s esoterica, THE ABOMINABLE FREEDOM documents the droll fallout of sexual and spiritual liberation: a collage of obsolete spiritualist practices conducted under the guidance of television mediums in tacky interiors. May the salvation promised by these dubious priests be recovered? The snowman, mascot of the thwarted utopia, withholds the answer. As per the filmmakers:
“Originally shot video and appropriated film weaves together a musical celebration of the flesh, an egg from the missing link holds a skeleton key to our educational future. On a parallel world, life coaches made of bone and fur activate televisual coursework including circular zooming studies, cryptid folklore, spectral-mating, and etheric birthing techniques. Manifest destiny eludes its colonial past and takes refuge deep in our pagan libidinal nature.”
This is presentation is part of an ongoing collaboration between Spectacle and the Queens-based art publisher Random Man Editions, which specializes in broadcasting various genres of the indescribable and documenting fringe practices across analogue and digital media. More information available at randomman.net.