2000, 16.00 mins, colour, stereo, Hi8
A documentary charting the absurd actions and obsessions of Lord Mongo, a charismatic Manchester-based performer. Held in bars and upstairs-pub rooms, his neo-Dadaist events included poetic rants, spasmodic ballet, trash constructions, puppetry – and fantasies of animal-human interaction. The film delves into a depraved persona who battered and divided audiences – is he art star or circus freak? Ending with Mongo's epic 'Britzcarraldo', an Herzog-inspired cabaret tribute to creative madness, the film celebrates entertainment existing within the cracks of mainstream culture.
2001 > Bluescreen, SHO#1, IDEA Building, Salford, UK; aLectro_eCoustic, Manchester, UK; Vaudeville, Green Room, Manchester; QuickFlick, Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
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