THE REPUBLIC · EPISODE TWO · GRIDIRON OF THE GODS · ALL EPISODES
THE SANDWICH OF THE SOUL
A narrator tells the story. The characters are figures cut from archival films, each first shown where the archive found it, then lifted onto one stage to speak the screenplay's lines. The archive speaks as the Republic's citizens, in their own pictures and voices.
THE CAST, AS FOUND
S.O.C.R.A.T.E.S.as found in Robot Reality · 1990
TANKas found in A Poem in Marble, A Place on the Map: Byron R. White U.S. Courthouse, Denver, CO · 2007
BRAWNDO BILLas found in Ten for Gold · 1976THE SCORE · D-A-E · HONED FOR FILM, CHOSEN BY WHAT EACH MOVEMENT SAYS AND SHOULD FEEL
Plastic Beach Flotsam · triumph, marching drums
Kingston Rocksteady & Coastal Workshop Soul · funk groove, country western
Compass Spin in Heavy Fog · dreamy ambient, glitchy electronic
Slide Carousel at Blue Hour · dreamy ambient, dub reggae
Salvaged Room, Traveling Light · melancholy guitar, ritual and ceremony
Cedar and Cassette · a warm return home, something breaking apart
Chicha Surf & Boreal Glitch Workshop · glitchy electronic, dub reggae