2015 / 10 minutes / HD (1920x1080) / 24fps / color / stereo synopsis: A modern prophet’s visions of mythical destruction and transformation are recounted across a turbulent geometric ceremony of rising curtains, swirling set pieces, and unveiled idols from music television’s past. Together, these parallel cults of revelation unlock a pathway to the far side of the sun. Art in America review: http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/reviews/michael-robinson/ NewCity Art review: http://art.newcity.com/2015/12/16/review-michael-robinsoncarrie-secrist-gallery/ 4:3 Interview: http://fourthreefilm.com/2016/01/familiar-spirit-an-interview-with-michael-robinson/ Acid Rain “Art and Statement”: http://acidrainproduction.com/art-statement-mad-ladders-by-michael-robinson/ screenings: 2015 New York Film Festival: Projections, New York NY Sight Unseen at MICA, Baltimore, MD 2016 HKIFF: Hong Kong International Film Festival Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Chicago, IL IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal Milwaukee Underground Film Festival WI MIEFF: Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, Russia Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival, Switzerland Las Jornadas de Reapropiacion, Centro de Culturo Digital, Mexico City, Mexico CAC: Contemporary Art Centre, “A Portal Atop a Bus Stop” short film program, Vilnius, Lithuania Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Germany Outfest: Platinum, at REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA Portland International Film Festival, Portland, OR Crossroads Film Festival, San Francisco, CA Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, MB, Canada Oak Cliff Film Festival, Dallas, TX EXiS Film and Video Festival, Seoul, South Korea Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, TN BFI London Film Festival: Experimenta, UK Optics O:O Festival at Roulette, Brooklyn, NY Antimatter Media Art Festival, Victoria BC, Canada Kasseler Dokfest, Kassel, Germany Queer City Cinema Festival, Regina, SK Q-Fest: Houston Int. LGBTQ Film Festival, TX 2018 Uppsala International Short Film Festival, “Adventures in Remix”, Sweden exhibitions: 2015 Carrie Secrist Gallery, “Mad Ladders” (solo exhibition), Chicago IL 2016 EXPO VIDEO at Expo Chicago (group exhibition), Chicago, IL Flint Institute of Arts (solo exhibition), Flint, MI 2017 Wexner Center for the Arts, Box Gallery (solo exhibition), Columbus, OH Videonale 16 (group exhibition), Bonn (Germany) 2018 Somerset House Studios, TBCTV (group exhibition), London UK