Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)

Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome 1954 A Slavonic Mass by Leos Janacek plays as historical figures, biblical characters, and mythical creatures gather in the pleasure dome Aphrodite, Lilith, Isis, Kali, Astarte, Nero, Pan, the Great Beast and the Scarlet Woman are part of a visual feast of superimposed images, hallucinations, and the spirit of decadence of the Yellow 90s Mythological images from Aleister Crowley, cabbalistic symbols, artifice, and magic combine to render the pleasure dome both as prison and as celebration