Release Date

03 Apr, 2026

Runtime

00:28: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

LOVER LOVE, a new commission for the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art by Shu Lea Cheang (b. 1954), begins with a portal. A window is flung open and the gray wall of an apartment block dissolves into a turbulent, overcast sky, against which a smoky being is enveloped by a six-winged seraphim—an angel of the highest order. This collaboratively scripted film moves between physical and virtual space: between performances in a motel room, a junkyard, and city streets amid surrounding nature, we can see desert plants blooming anthropomorphic appendages and souls escaping inhuman oppression to take transhuman flight.

Original Title

LOVER LOVE

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Actors

Crew

Shu Lea Cheang

Eryka Dellenbach

Melrose McClain

Jazzy Boho

Jürgen Brüning

Jörn Hartmann

Roland Lauth

Katie Burkholder