Leviathan Cycle, Episode 3: Arturo, 2017
HD video, 17'25"
Commissioned by Leviathan – Human & Marine Ecology. Courtesy of the artist and UBIK Productions.
Still from Leviathan Cycle, Episode 3: Arturo, 2017.
Still from Leviathan Cycle, Episode 3: Arturo, 2017.
Still from Leviathan Cycle, Episode 3: Arturo, 2017.
Leviathan Cycle is a multi-episode film series, and part of Shezad Dawood’s groundbreaking multimedia Leviathan project, exploring the intersection of climate change, migration and mental health. Each film has been crafted as a self-contained work blending fictional narrative and documentary footage, with the possibility of being endlessly reconfigured with other episodes to create distinctive storylines extending from the evolving corpus of Leviathan material.
Ben and Yasmine arrive at a strange and enigmatic community based on an island in the lagoon of Venice.They engage in scavenging raids to the mainland and sexual abandon, which is paralleled visually with images of overfishing and unnecessary cruelty in the fishing industry of the Mediterranean.