BLESSED BLESSED OBLIVION weaves together a portrait of male thug culture in East Jerusalem, manifested in gyms, body shops and hair dressing parlors.
BLESSED BLESSED OBLIVION weaves together a portrait of male thug culture in East Jerusalem, manifested in gyms, body shops and hair dressing parlors. Inspired by Kenneth Anger’s Scorpio Rising (1963), the video uses visual collage and the musical soundtrack as ironic commentary. Anger’s subjects — leather-clad bikers, serve as a counterpoint to the culture Manna attempts to por...
