Jikai

In "Jikai," Bryan Dailey depicts a moth fluttering about a light bulb against a background transitioning from scarlet to violet. The film references Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice:" "Thus hath the candle singed the moth," as a commentary on how people are irresistibly and dangerously attracted to something they know could lead to their downfall. Dailey dedicated "Jikai" to Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, whose seminal work insightfully comments on contemporary issues of people and society.

Throughout the 1970s, Dailey worked and exhibited in Los Angeles, staging performance art, installations and conceptual work. In 1981, he became involved in arms control and international security policy, returning to art full time in 2008.

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