Kappa

Bruce and Norman Yonemoto in collaboration with Mike Kelley.

1986, 26 min, color, sound

Kappa is a boldly provocative and original work. Deconstructing the myth of Oedipus within the framework of an ancient Japanese folk story, the Yonemotos craft a highly charged discourse of loss and desire. Quoting from Bunuel, Freud, pop media and art, they place the symbology of Western...