headspace | Marwencol

If you happen to be at SXSW there's a screening of Marwencol tonight. It's a documentary about the fantasy world Mark Hogancamp created (and photographed) as home-made therapy after being beaten into a brain-damaging coma by five men outside a bar.

Built in his backyard, Marwencol is a 1/6th scale World War II-era town, populated with dolls representing his friends and family. With this he creates life-like photographs detailing the town's many relationships and dramas. Playing in the town and photographing the action helped Mark recover his hand-eye coordination, deal with the psychic wounds from the attack, and begin the long journey back into the "real world" (both physically and emotionally) -- something he continues to struggle with today.

It's way cool. Visit MARWENCOL to see the photos.

Here's the listing at SXSW.

And some video snippets. (thx kottke)

TEDDY BEAR THERAPY from marwencol on Vimeo.

In this video Mark explains one of the ways he deals with the anger stemming from his attack...

For more information on Mark Hogancamp and Marwencol please visit http://www.marwencol.com

PHOTO THEORY from marwencol on Vimeo.

In this video Mark explains a little bit about his process as a photographer.

For more information on Marwencol and Mark Hogancamp
please visit http://www.marwencol.com