The Third World Collection

An animation film in which two papier-mâché puppets are stalked in a sequence of sexual, bestial, and solemn acts. A ceremony which presents the beginning of a myth and its immediate decadence. (Part of the trilogy "The Third World." The films of the series "The Third World" are the foundational chapters of a new creed. They present a procession moving between sacred and intimate, beautiful and horrific, canonical and arbitrary.)

Between 2010 and 2011, Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña created the series of short-films “The Third World”. The series is made up of “Padre.Madre”, “EL Templo” and “El Arca”. The films were shown together as a film installation at Upstream Gallery. These films are the foundational chapters of a new creed. They present a savage procession, moving between sacred and intimate, beautiful and horrific, canonical and arbitrary, sublime and bestial. Every film is the beginning of a myth and also its immediate decadence.

An intergalactic traveler cares for various beasts aboard a ship. An unexpected disaster will give rise to a new type of creature.