The Cage of Sand
2018 | 00:10:40 | United States | English | B&W and Color | Stereo | 16:9 | HD video
Collection: New Releases, Single Titles
Tags: Animation, Conceptual Art, Sound


If asked to say what this work is about in one word, the answer — which is woven into the electronic musique concrète soundtrack — would be a Joycean one: it’s a “collideorscape.” The imagery is a return to materials Rankus dealt with as a young man in the video Naked Doom (1983). He has recycled imagery such as cages, a toy robot, and brain convolutions; newer motifs include a winged ballerina, Victorian corsets, and alchemical vessels containing birds. These visual elements are arranged and rearranged in varied configurations that have a subtle and ambiguous sense of dramatic progression. They collide, but finally do escape.
Watch an interview with the artist discussing Cage of Sand at the 57th Ann Arbor Film Festival.
Premiere
Oxford Film FestivalOxford, MS
2019
Exhibitions + Festivals
Revolutions Per Minute Festival 2019
57th Ann Arbor Film Festival 2019
Richmond International Film and Music Festival 2019
Cosmic Rays Film Festival 2019
First Hermetic International Film Festival 2019
Richmond International Film and Music Festival 2019
Dallas Medianale 2019