Ship of Fools

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  • Ship of Fools

  • Artist: Tony Allard
  • Year: 1998
  • Duration: 17:50
  • Country: United States

  • SHIP OF FOOLS is an experimental narrative that examines, from a personal and sociological perspective, the 15th century practice in Northern Europe of placing the insane on ships, and banishing them from normal societies to the unreason of the sea. SHIP OF FOOLS is a highly imaginative and poetic recreation of a ship of folly. Passengers include the artist, his father on the journey from Amsterdam to New York City.

  • Accession #: 2291
  • Distribution Status: In Distribution
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