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Charles Atlas: The Tyranny of Consciousness, 2017
The UK premiere of The Tyranny of Consciousness (2017), by pioneering filmmaker and video artist, Charles Atlas, consists of a five-channel installation with a mosaic of 44 simultaneous but different sunsets, accompanied by a screen bearing an 18-minute countdown to darkness. It is accompanied by the voice of legendary New York drag queen Lady Bunny, who talks about peace, life together, and how, when it comes to US politics, “the right questions are never being asked.”
Charles Atlas’ work has brought together dance, performance, and media for nearly four decades, and The Tyranny of Consciousness (2017) was shown at the Venice Biennale in 2017, where it won a special mention.
This series has been programmed in partnership with Swansea Pride, LGBT History Month and has been generously supported by Art Fund, Friends of Glynn Vivian and the Arts Council of Wales.
Photography Polly Thomas, 2019
Charles Atlas: The Tyranny of Consciousness, 2017
The UK premiere of The Tyranny of Consciousness (2017), by pioneering filmmaker and video artist, Charles Atlas, consists of a five-channel installation with a mosaic of 44 simultaneous but different sunsets, accompanied by a screen bearing an 18-minute countdown to darkness. It is accompanied by the voice of legendary New York drag queen Lady Bunny, who talks about peace, life together, and how, when it comes to US politics, “the right questions are never being asked.”
Charles Atlas’ work has brought together dance, performance, and media for nearly four decades, and The Tyranny of Consciousness (2017) was shown at the Venice Biennale in 2017, where it won a special mention.
This series has been programmed in partnership with Swansea Pride, LGBT History Month and has been generously supported by Art Fund, Friends of Glynn Vivian and the Arts Council of Wales.
Photography Polly Thomas, 2019