ADAM CURTIS’S FILM DREW TOGETHER THREADS CONNECTING RUSSIAN PUNK, JANE FONDA IN FULL AEROBIC FLIGHT AND THE LEGACY OF POP ART TO ILLUMINATE THE RISE OF THE MANAGED STATE; MASSIVE ATTACK’S LIVE PERFORMANCE PROVIDED THE EMOTIONAL WEIGHT. SURROUNDED BY SCREENS, AUDIENCES OF 2000 A NIGHT DISCOVERED THAT BURIED OPTIMISM + BONE-SHAKING BASS = AN AWESOME INTELLECTUAL AND VISCERAL EXPERIENCE.
‘THE MARRIAGE OF THE TWO… IS INSPIRED… IT’S A REQUIEM MASS OF SORTS. THIS IS A TRULY PAN-SENSORY AND EXHAUSTING EXPERIENCE.’ THE FINANCIAL TIMES
COMMISSIONED BY MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, RUHRTRIENNALE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS AND PARK AVENUE ARMORY.
IN COLLABORATION WITH ROBERT DEL NAJA, ADAM CURTIS AND ES DEVLIN.