A Hunger Artist

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Torlando Hakes and collaborator Erin Robinson with music and performance by DM Stith present this Kafka inspired video.

In "The Hunger Artist" a performance artist's display was amaizing feats of long term fasting, making himself a spectacle to whomever would watch. Once a main attraction, in the time of the story, he was reduced to a caged performer in a circus. To enhance the grotesqueness of the audience we made them fleas dressed in fancy clothes and made humans as the circus performers. (A flea circus, if you will.)

The music chosen for the piece is written and performed by DM Stith with song "Thanksgiving Moon". We brought Stith in to perform as the Hunger Artist, who would sometimes sing to prove he was not secretly eating. The song, we felt, embodied the heart of the Hunger Artist, once a great star and now at the end of hope, becoming no more than a side show. The haunting autumn feel helped to set the atmosphere to a very Kafka-esque experience.

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http://www.artisterinrobinson.com

http://www.dmstith.com/

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Film & Animation

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• Torlando Hakes
• Erin Robinson
• DM Stith
• A Hunger Artist
• Video Art
• youtube play
• Guggenheim

[alexbuilds]

Class song and vid

[agonondracid]

Awesome job you guys! I remember seeing this in the Fine Arts building behind the glass so I never got a chance to hear it. I'm glad I came across it - this is totally awesome Torlando! I'm really impressed! (this is Steph by the way)

[KeirWasHere]

interesting. definitely my favorite short story ever.

[MurrayCollier]

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[Djabo2007]

great story and Oh my, what a fucking fantastic stageplay... been hating Kafka ever since my teacher Ms Kirchhoff tried to warm us up to his writings in high school :/ but maybe its time to change that view

[fetta666]

this is fuckin amazing

[Iluminatili]

0:22 Cthulhu?

[tonkihot013]

Здорово! Раз столько комментов - вещь хорошая!

Nice! So many comments - means - good thing!

[draingutter]

wow, very nice, i like your interpretation of my favourite writer !

[XpucmocPoccuu]

5/5 ! ! Crazy video ! im like it