Incidence of Catastrophe

Overview

In the video, Thomas the protagonist is played by Hill which confounds the self-reflexive nature of the book’s relationships all the more, making the video something of a “transcreation.” The “reader” begins in the liquidity of the text almost as if he were waking from drowning. Images of the sea ravishing the shore – small cliffs of sand eroding and collapsing – are inter-cut with extreme close-ups of text and the texture of the page and book itself being flooded with ocean waves. In scene after scene the reader attempts to re-enter the book only to find himself a part of intense dreams and hallucinations.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 5, 1988

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Electronic Arts Intermix

Director

Gary Hill

Writer

Gary Hill

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt9815378