Marcello Mercado: The Torment Zone, Clouds, Emptiness

Title:

The Torment Zone, Clouds, Emptiness

Artist(s) and People Involved:

Filmmaker, Video Artist, or Animator(s):



• Marcello Mercado

Symposium:

• ISEA95: Sixth International Symposium on Electronic Art
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Venue(s):

• The Spectrum , Montreal , Canada

Artist Statement:

The work is an imaginary visit to a national mental hospital guided by animated cartoons. The title implies enclosure, in this case the predominance of the medical-psychiatric discourse and the legal helplessness faced in the treatment of madness, and an artistic approach to psychiatry as torture.

Category:

• Screening
• Animation