Purple Rain #52

Burlesque and dramatic digest inspired by aboriginal legends. The scene takes place in a natural setting but battered by acid rain. In the distance throne Uluru, a sacred monolith for these peoples. One interpretation relates that two tribes of ancestral spirits, invited to a feast but distracted by the beauty of the Tiliqua Woman, broke their commitments; in response, the angry hosts summoned Evil in a mud statue that came to life in the form of a dingo. A great battle ensued, which ended with the deaths of the chiefs of both tribes. The earth itself heaved in affliction at the carnage, creating Uluru. This interpretation highlights absurdity, an image in which opposing concepts and emotion...View all