Cremaster Cycle
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Cremaster Cycle is a five-part avant-garde film and art project by Matthew Barney that blends surreal imagery, performance, and sculpture to explore themes of biology, sexuality, and transformation.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cremaster Cycle canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Cremaster Cycle Context triple: [Matthew Barney, notableWork, Cremaster Cycle]
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Eleatic Stranger
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Aphrodite's Child
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Enemies of the Permanent Things
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Black Rainbow
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Target entity: Cremaster Cycle Target entity description: Cremaster Cycle is a five-part avant-garde film and art project by Matthew Barney that blends surreal imagery, performance, and sculpture to explore themes of biology, sexuality, and transformation.
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A.
Eleatic Stranger
The Eleatic Stranger is a philosophical figure in Plato’s later dialogues who leads rigorous inquiries into the nature of being, non-being, and statesmanship through dialectical method.
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B.
the Infinitely Prolonged
The Infinitely Prolonged is the sardonic, immortal being from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" who dedicates his endless life to insulting every creature in the universe in alphabetical order.
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C.
Aphrodite's Child
Aphrodite's Child was a Greek progressive and psychedelic rock band from the late 1960s and early 1970s, best known for its concept album "666" and for launching the careers of Vangelis and Demis Roussos.
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D.
Enemies of the Permanent Things
Enemies of the Permanent Things is a collection of essays by conservative thinker Russell Kirk critiquing modern cultural, political, and moral trends in defense of enduring moral and social norms.
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E.
Black Rainbow
Black Rainbow is a large-scale pyrotechnic art project by Chinese contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang, known for its dramatic use of gunpowder and fireworks to create ephemeral, sky-spanning visual spectacles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
avant-garde film series
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multimedia art project ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Matthew Barney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
cult status
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polarizing reviews ⓘ |
| director | Matthew Barney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distribution |
limited theatrical screenings
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museum screenings ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
biological development
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ritual ⓘ sexual differentiation ⓘ |
| filmingPeriod | 1994–2002 ⓘ |
| genre |
art film
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experimental film ⓘ surrealist film ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
feature-length films
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gallery installations ⓘ photographic works ⓘ sculptural props ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Cremaster 1
NERFINISHED
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Cremaster 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Cremaster 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Cremaster 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Cremaster 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
biology
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gender ⓘ mythology ⓘ sexuality ⓘ transformation ⓘ |
| medium |
film
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installation art ⓘ performance ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jonathan Bepler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableExhibition |
Barbara Gladstone Gallery
NERFINISHED
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Museum of Modern Art NERFINISHED ⓘ Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
integration of sculpture and film
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ recurrent motifs of anatomy ⓘ |
| numberOfParts | 5 ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Cremaster Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releasePeriod | 1995–2002 ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | cremaster muscle ⓘ |
| visualStyle |
highly stylized imagery
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symbolic tableaux ⓘ |
| writer | Matthew Barney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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