Fortress of Dreams

Overview

The work, which was scored by the musician Rei Harakami, combines video with montages of still images, telling the story of a maid and her courtship with the young master of the wealthy family for whom she works. The story is told from the maid’s perspective, whose desire, fantasy and longing are refracted through the shadowy architecture of a manor house, in the paintings of Gustave Moreau, and in visions of her lover as a scantily clad angel. Her fragile “fortress of dreams,” however, eventually crumbles into violence.