THE REPUBLIC · EPISODE SIXTEEN · A FISTFUL OF FORMS · ALL EPISODES
THE CENSORSHIP STORM
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
THE PODCASTERas found in Back of the Mike · 1938
THE SHEPHERDas found in Science in Action: Rivers of Ice (Part II)
THE REGENTas found in Speech: Platform Posture and Appearance · 1949THE SCORE · D-A-E · HONED FOR FILM, CHOSEN BY WHAT EACH MOVEMENT SAYS AND SHOULD FEEL
Chicha Surf & Boreal Glitch Workshop · dreamy ambient, lonely desert
Compass Spin in Heavy Fog · dreamy ambient, lonely desert
Conquerors of the Useless · cinematic strings, sorrow
Feather Rustle Dub · funk groove, marching drums
Paddle Meets Current · dreamy ambient, melancholy guitar
Cold Current Paddle · melancholy guitar, dreamy ambient
Snowbound Umeå Cabin · glitchy electronic, dreamy ambient