'Where do you go, if not to your head?'He begins with a blank canvas, filled with colourless portrayals of our existence. Once he reveals the lens and turns on the camera, we see the wide world that lives inside his head. A nameless boy on the brink of manhood carries out a project on male loneliness. He interviews four men from drastically different backgrounds, attempting to learn from them how to become a man. Upon realising how reliant they are on retreating to their mind in times of hardship, he too begins looking for a way to part with reality and embrace the surreal. Once the men start calling for him to see the world for what it is, Neptune beckons him to look instead with his mind. 'Our eyes, as magnificent and complex as they are, can only hold a single image in its grasp at any given time. Anything more than that goes beyond our literal capabilities and into our memory. Everything passes by the eye but nothing remains in its grasp for long enough to feel seen itself, to feel safe. That is why it is the loneliest component of our anatomy.'Incorporating spoken word and dreamlike theatre, In The Eyes of Neptune offers a playfully tragic exploration of the multiplicities of masculinity, looking at what makes us human in times of struggle, and suggesting that a metaphor can become our safest refuge.'You're in the eyes of Neptune,unseen is the one that protects you,and when my lens meets yours,it will be your only rescue.'
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