3. Pagan Circus (1996/7) 14'25 This work is based on the poem 'Pagan Circus' by Rose Dodd and the circus paintings of Frantisek Tichy. Tichy (1896-1961) was obsessed with the circus both as a phenomenon and the figures in it. In Tichy's paintings, 'The performers of these capricci have deformed faces, mushroom faces, elongated, bruised, nightmare faces, faces that melt into wicked sneers...In the end tomfoolery merges with Grand-Guignol and lowering

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