Buffalo Death Mask
Synopsis
For more than two decades Mike Hoolboom has been one of our foremost artistic witnesses of the plague of the twentieth century, HIV. A personal voice documenting and piercing the clichéd spectrum of Living With AIDS from carnal abjection to incandescent spirituality, no surviving moving image visionary surpasses him. Buffalo Death Mask is a three-part meditation — visual, oral and haptic, both campy and ecstatic — on survival, mourning, memory, love and community. A conversation between Hoolboom and visual artist Stephen Andrews, both long time survivors of the retrovirus, floats over what seems to be a dream of Toronto and some of its ghosts. No one savours the intimations of immortality inherent in recycled footage like Mike, no one else understands how processed Super 8 can answer the question “Why are we still here when so many are gone?"
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March 24, 2013
Wide Cinema Exhibition
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Mike Hoolboom
- Original Title
- Buffalo Death Mask
- Country of Origin
- Canada
- Spoken Languages
- English
- Runtime
- 23m
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Mike Hoolboom
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Mike Hoolboom
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What is Buffalo Death Mask about?
For more than two decades Mike Hoolboom has been one of our foremost artistic witnesses of the plague of the twentieth century, HIV. A personal voice documenting and piercing the clichéd spectrum of Living With AIDS from carnal abjection to incandescent spirituality, no surviving moving image visionary surpasses him. Buffalo Death Mask is a three-part meditation — visual, oral and haptic, both campy and ecstatic — on survival, mourning, memory, love and community. A conversation between Hoolboom and visual artist Stephen Andrews, both long time survivors of the retrovirus, floats over what seems to be a dream of Toronto and some of its ghosts. No one savours the intimations of immortality inherent in recycled footage like Mike, no one else understands how processed Super 8 can answer the question “Why are we still here when so many are gone?"
Who directed Buffalo Death Mask?
Buffalo Death Mask was directed by Mike Hoolboom.
Who stars in Buffalo Death Mask?
The principal cast of Buffalo Death Mask includes Mike Hoolboom, Louise Bak, Stephen Andrews.
When was Buffalo Death Mask released and how long is it?
Buffalo Death Mask was released in 2013 with a total runtime of 23m.