The Masque of Blackness

Epoh Beech

United Kingdom, England / 2018 / Animation, Experimental / 12’45”I2000991

Masque of Blackness
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SYNOPSIS

Epoh Beech's hand drawn animation THE MASQUE OF BLACKNESS re-imagines Ben Jonson's 1605 play, "The Masque of Blackness" and Joseph Conrad's 1899 novella "Heart of Darkness". Created over 7 years out of thousands of charcoal drawings, the animation weaves both texts together and explores the spirit of place to take you on a journey from West Africa to the Thames in London and the Rhine in Germany.

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