Blind Country

Blind Country — Plot

This collaborative video project is based on a short story by H.G. Wells called "The Country of the Blind"—about a man who travels to a country of blind people and attempts to dominate their sensual, feminine culture with his male, sight-derived power. Following this theme, "Blind Country" begins with animated fruit dancing over Mike Kelley's body and the admonition of "Northerners" to "refill the quickly emptying sack." In the male-dominated land of the North, candy-spurting pinatas stand as phallic symbols. Presumably castrated, and stripped of his authority, Kelley acts the buffoon as he is led through the murky land of the South, a "female," earthy, "realm of the senses" opposing the phallocentric world of the North.

• Release date
• January 1, 1989
• Runtime
• 21 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Fantasy
• Director
• Ericka Beckman

Blind Country — Cast

Mike Kelley

B

Bob Gibson

A

Aura Rosenberg

L

Lolly Lincoln

A

Amanda Katz

I

Ian Bearce

K

Kim Keown

L

Lori Desantis