Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
A Slavonic Mass by Leos Janácek plays as historical figures, biblical characters, and mythical creatures gather in the pleasure dome. Aphrodite, Lilith, Isis, Kali, Astarte, Nero, Pan, and the Great Beast and the Scarlet Woman are part of a visual feast of images superimposed, hallucinations, and the spirit of decadence of the 'Yellow '90s.' Mythological images from Aleister Crowley, cabalistic symbols, artifice, and magic combine to render the pleasure dome both as prison and as celebration.
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Samson De Brier
Lord Shiva
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Samson De Brier
Osiris
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Samson De Brier
Nero
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Marjorie Cameron
The Scarlet Woman
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Marjorie Cameron
Kali
Joan Whitney
Aphrodite
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Katy Kadell
Isis
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Renate Druks
Lilith
Anaïs Nin
Astarte
Paul Mathison
Pan
Curtis Harrington
Cesare
Curtis Harrington
Slave
Curtis Harrington
Sleep-walker
Kenneth Anger
Hecate
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Peter Loome
Ganymede