FACT invited exhibiting artist R.I.P. Germain to guest curate a season of films that have influenced his creative practice. R.I.P. Germain’s second selection is the 1982 cult sci-fi horror film, The Thing.
Directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster, the film combines Kurt Russell’s outstanding performance with incredible visuals to create a chilling adaptation. Based on the 1938 John W. Campbell Jr. novella Who Goes There?, the film tells the story of a group of researchers in Antarctica who encounter the eponymous “Thing,” an extraterrestrial life-form that assimilates and then imitates other organisms.
The group is overcome by paranoia and conflict as they learn that they can no longer trust each other, knowing that any one of them could be the Thing.
R.I.P. Germain’s immersive exhibition “After GOD, Dudus Comes Next!” (2024) is on display at FACT from Friday 5 July to Sunday 13 October 20204.