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Apple Pie

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  • Science Fiction
  • Adventure
  • Fantasy
  • Comedy
  • Mystery

Overview

Shot on 16mm celluloid across parts of New Zealand and Samoa, interdisciplinary artist Sam Hamilton’s ten-part experimental magnum opus makes thought-provoking connections between life on Earth and the cosmos, and, ultimately, art and science. Structured around the ten most significant celestial bodies of the Milky Way, Apple Pie’s inquiry begins with the furthest point in our solar system, Pluto, as a lens back towards our home planet and the ‘mechanisms by which certain aspects of scientific knowledge are digested, appropriated and subsequently manifest within the general human complex’. Christopher Francis Schiel’s dry, functional narration brings a network of ideas about our existence into focus, while Hamilton’s visual tableaux, as an extension of his multifaceted practice, veer imaginatively between psychedelic imagery and performance art.

Keywords

  • new zealand
  • experiment
  • art gallery
  • art
  • art house
  • astronomy
  • performance art
  • cosmology
  • essay film
  • contemporary art
  • complexity
  • critical theory

Details

Status
Released
Release date
July 16, 2016
Original language
English
Spoken languages
English
Countries
New Zealand, Samoa, United States of America
Director
Sam Hamilton
Cinematography
Ian Powell
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
Apple Pie (2016) | Kinocult