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| Marco Brambillia is currently having a solo exhibition of new video works at Christopher Grimes Gallery in Los Angeles, including 'Civilization (Megaplex)', which we preview here on Saatchi Online TV. The film illustrates a contemporary and often satirical take on the concepts of Heaven and Hell. A metaphysical journey from Hell to Heaven, 'Civilization (Megaplex)' is portrayed by computer altered found footage. The journey begins under Kurosawa's “Dreams” volcano, then rises through a purgatory populated by images of suburbia, demolition derbies and shopping malls, finally soaring towards a paradise of beauty contestants, cherubs, bodybuilders, then past the peaks of Mount Olympus to a cosmic portal inspired by Gustav Dore's paintings, as reinterpreted in the movie, “The Fountain”. 'Civilization (Megaplex)' is an epic video mural containing over 300 individual channels of looped video into a multi-layered seamless tableau of interconnecting images.
Born in Milan, Italy, Brambilla now lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
The exhibition is on until November 22. For more information visit Christoper Grimes Gallery.
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