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The Thousand Faces of God

The Thousand Faces of God

Koen Theys | Belgium | 2001 | 17' |

| IFFR 2003

The tape is showing a continuous loop of representations of gods from all the world’s major religions. Each figure morphs gradually into the succeeding one: the virgin Mary becomes a Buddha, Jezus a many-armed Hindu dancer etc.

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