Refracted through archival material, texts, found footage and dense soundtracks, Leslie Thornton's rigorously experimental film and video work is an investigation into the production of meaning through media. Her epic project Peggy and Fred in Hell is an ongoing cycle of interrelated films, videos and installation environments. Exploring the aesthetics of narrative form as well as the politics of the image, Thornton forges a unique and strangely beautiful syntax, one that poses its critique at the same time that it mesmerizes and confounds.
		
		
		
			
				
				
					
						
						
							
1983, 30 min, color, sound
						
					 
					
				
					
					
				
					
						
						
							
2000, 3:50 min, b&w, sound
						
					 
					
				
					
						
						
							
2014, 2:50 min, color, sound, HD video
						
					 
					
				
					
						
						
							
1999, 6:30 min, b&w, sound
						
					 
					
				
					
						
						
							
2002, 6:52 min, b&w, sound
						
					 
					
				
					
						
						
							
1990, 7 min, color and b&w, sound
						
					 
					
				
					
						
						
							
1981, 11 min, color, sound, 16 mm film on video
						
					 
					
				
					
						
						
							
2004, 20 min, color, sound
						
					 
					
				
					
					
				
					
						
						
							
2008, 7:40 min, color, sound
						
					 
					
				
					
						
						
							
2003, 12:10 min, color, sound
						
					 
					
				
					
						
						
							
1988, 23 min, sepia, sound
						
					 
					
				
					
						
						
							
1984, 18:43 min, b&w, sound
						
					 
					
				
					
					
				
					
						
						
							
2013, 17 min, color, sound, HD video
						
					 
					
				
					
						
						
							
2006, 4:30 min, color, sound
						
					 
					
				
					
						
						
							
2006, 12 min, color, sound
						
					 
					
				
					
						
						
							
2014, 13:38 min, color, sound, HD video
						
					 
					
				
					
						
						
							
1992, 3:46 min, color, sound
						
					 
					
				
					
						
						
							
2013, 2:12 min, b&w, sound, HD video
						
					 
					
				
					
						
						
							
1994, 12 min, color and b&w, sound
						
					 
					
				
					
					
				
					
						
						
							
1988, 61:17 min, b&w and color, sound
						
					 
					
				
					
					
				
					
						
						
							
1975, 8:30 min, b&w, sound, 16 mm film on video