Alum Wu Tsang's Adaptation of Moby-Dick Reviewed by Hyperallergic

Tosh Basco as Queequeg in *MOBY DICK*. Photo by Greg Amgwer. Image courtesy of The Shed.

Tosh Basco as Queequeg in *MOBY DICK*. Photo by Greg Amgwer. Image courtesy of The Shed.

A recent Hyperallergic review analyzes filmmaker Wu Tsang's (BFA 2004) MOBY DICK; or The Whale, a film adaptation of the classic Herman Melville novel Moby-Dick. Created as part of Tsang’s artist collective Moved by the Motion, the adaptation features a reimagining of the relationship between main characters Ishmael and Queequeg, a musical composition performed by a live orchestra, and film techniques reminiscent of the American silent-film era. Hyperallergic writes, “MOBY DICK evokes the immense, mystical depths opened by intertextuality and discourse.”