Governors Island’s most recent claim to fame might be Prince Harry and his polo cronies, but this past weekend it welcomed guests somewhat, er, less refined: zombies. On Sunday afternoon, volunteers hopped the ferry over to the island to film the final scene of a movie called Isle of the Dead, produced by Creative Time and an art collective known as the Bruce High Quality Foundation or “the Bruces,” as they refer to themselves.
Isle of the Dead has a pretty simple plot line — the credit crisis kills the art world and its players, who reemerge as zombies in an alternative movement inspired only by art from the past. The film begins with sweeping shots of dead bodies splayed out in front of the Met, Guggenheim, and Whitney museums, plus a strip of galleries in Chelsea, and ends with a zombie uprising on Governors Island, where the zombies congregate for a sing-along to the Bryan Adams classic, “Summer of ‘69.”
I had this uploaded but took it down a while ago to re-edit it. I finished editing, but forgot to upload it back. Whoops.
So here it is again, the video from the camping trip at the Circle “C” Campgrounds. Enjoy!
Date: Weekend of August 8, 2008
Place: Circle “C” Campgrounds
Music: “Let’s Get Pissed”, “Beer”, and “Drink Till You Fuckin’ Puke by the King Size Braces.