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"White man finds island, brings Bible, converts natives, names island - it’s a tale as old as time. The tired imperialist fetishism of Robin Crusoe is finally given a lurid new paint job in this subversive Belgian arthouse spectacle featuring talking non-binary goats and lashings of queer surrealism. "
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A event held at The Cube on Friday 26th July. The event starts at 20:00.
The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Who Lived for Twenty and Eight Years All Alone On an Inhabited Island and Said It Was His.
Dir: Benjamin Deboosere, 2023, Belgium, 75 minutes, Cert: 18 (TBA)
Fri 26 July // 20:00
Tickets: £5
With a title far too long to squeeze into 50 character limit 'The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Who Lived for Twenty and Eight Years All Alone On an Inhabited Island and Said It Was His.' re-imagines the classic tale of Robinson Crusoe whilst he engages with life on the island and a pack of non-binary goats. A weird and wonderful conceptual art debut worth a consideration!
This film is not just an adaptation of Daniel Defoe’s 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. Rather, it addresses the larger cultural myth that has grown from the premise of the book: a white man ‘civilising’ indigenous inhabitants of an island, and claiming the territory as his own property. In a time today when the call to decolonise the artworld and its associated institutions has never been more urgent, Deboosere’s cinematic intervention resonates with a large body of work seeking to destabilise and replace the ideology of imperialism. The result is a singular, subversive film, satirical and surprisingly charming at the same time, which makes sure to pay just as much attention to animals and the natural world as to the follies of human- constructed ‘anthropocene’ history.
Entry requirements: 18+
Dir: Benjamin Deboosere, 2023, Belgium, 75 minutes, Cert: 18 (TBA)
Fri 26 July // 20:00
Tickets: £5
With a title far too long to squeeze into 50 character limit 'The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Who Lived for Twenty and Eight Years All Alone On an Inhabited Island and Said It Was His.' re-imagines the classic tale of Robinson Crusoe whilst he engages with life on the island and a pack of non-binary goats. A weird and wonderful conceptual art debut worth a consideration!
This film is not just an adaptation of Daniel Defoe’s 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. Rather, it addresses the larger cultural myth that has grown from the premise of the book: a white man ‘civilising’ indigenous inhabitants of an island, and claiming the territory as his own property. In a time today when the call to decolonise the artworld and its associated institutions has never been more urgent, Deboosere’s cinematic intervention resonates with a large body of work seeking to destabilise and replace the ideology of imperialism. The result is a singular, subversive film, satirical and surprisingly charming at the same time, which makes sure to pay just as much attention to animals and the natural world as to the follies of human- constructed ‘anthropocene’ history.
Entry requirements: 18+
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