Julian’s Balls

Kara Crombie

Friday, April 6th, 2012 - Sunday, April 29th, 2012

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Kara Crombie presents Julian’s Balls, the fifth installment in the Aloof Hills, a darkly comic animation series which focuses on the fictional Van Screwd family and the slaves that live on their civil-war-era plantation. The intentionally anachronistic narrative addresses race and gender issues by referencing the characters, images, and events of the collective American cultural unconscious. The multimedia animation techniques also draws on a myriad of sources, from Christian coloring books and Francis Bacon paintings, to Youtube videos and archival film. Julian’s Balls tells the story of a slave’s revenge as the hoodoo witch Clara devises a plan to put the libertine sexual adventures of Julian Van der Screwd to an end.