Film
Vision Quest: A Ritual for Elephant & Castle
52m · Documentary
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Overview
Vision Quest depicts Marcus Coates’ three-year collaboration with a neighbourhood in Elephant & Castle (South London) that is suffering from a violent gentrification scheme. In this period the artist engaged in a shamanic quest to locate animal spirits able of guiding the community. Practising lengthily rites, the artist together with residents, local politicians and a psychedelic doom rock orchestra, appeal to guardian animals to appear in visions or dreams and to guide them in their troubled housing issues.
Crew
- Marcus CoatesDirector · Producer
- Michael SmytheDirector · Producer
- Piera BucklandProducer
- Ariadna Fatjó-VilasEditor
Details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genres
- Documentary
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