Den of Wolves

2020. Video (color, sound), media player, screen or projector. 19 minute seamless loop.
Den of Wolves is a seamlessly-looping video installation drawing on a range of references to weave a new multi-layered mythology. The work follows three bizarre wolves through a series of increasingly surreal retail stores as they search for the regalia of a monarch. Composed of one continuous camera shot, the work is an immersive, dreamlike journey drawing connections between popular culture, institutional authority and technological over-dependence.

A dark room with a large screen at the front, showing a 3D animated scene of a grand, ornate interior with a massive chandelier and a pack of wolves prowling around. The scene is illuminated by the light coming from the screen, and the sound of the wolves' howls fills the room.
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A still from the video installation Den of Wolves showing a surreal scene of the US Capitol
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