The Proposition Gallery
559 West 22nd Street, 212-242-0035
Chelsea
May 18 - June 24, 2006
Reception: Thursday, May 18, 6 - 8 PM
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Set in a sonically supercharged dystopic future, where the placid pearlescence of a terrestrial utopian outpost is shattered by a predatory trio of fuel-injected V-8 interceptor tanks, Bantam Coup is a mercurial onslaught of animated aggression and naked destruction.
Throbbing and pulsating with multi-valved terrorism, nihilistic abandon, and hot-wired fury, Bantam Coup chronicles the exploits of The Exploder, The Howler and The Hisser; three avatars of nitro methane fury and fire-breathing bombast who unapologetically wreak havoc on an unsuspecting, blissful nation-state that’s been lulled to sleep by its own acquiescence.
Operating somewhere between the revved up futurism of ’’Mad Max’’ and the violent underbelly of Japanese animation, Bantam Coup seethes with cold clutch chatter and a slow-building feral crescendo, the screaming embodiment of power-lust fantasy and post-apocalyptic moxie.