Krypton Is Doomed

Krypton Is Doomed

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 2005

Runtime

0h 34m

Original Title

Krypton Is Doomed

Director

Ken Jacobs

Description

This work is derived from one of Jacobs' Nervous Magic Lantern performances, which are created with a hand-manipulated projector and use neither film nor video. Highly stroboscopic and hallucinatory, these kinetic performances result in otherworldly spaces and plays of near-abstraction and suggestive imagery. In Krypton is Doomed, the audio accompaniment to the shifting visuals is an installment of a Superman radio play — the first ever broadcast, in 1940. This work highlights Jacobs' relentless experimentation with the very fabric of projected light.