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Javier Fuentes-León

Javier Fuentes-León

“I like the way magic and fantasy allow you to talk about very real issues but in a symbolic, metaphorical way. People are willing to go anywhere as long as you present a world that they can buy.”

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    The Vanished Elephant

    THE VANISHED ELEPHANT

    JAVIER FUENTES-LEÓN Peru, 2014

    Reminiscent of Mulholland Drive and the writing of Jorge Luis Borges, this Peruvian metaphysical drama goes deep into the weird wormholes of artistic creation. As fact bleeds into fiction, and structures crumble and fragment, we are left to pick up the pieces, clue by tantalizing clue.

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