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Game Girl Advance has this rather remarkable essay by Wayne Bremser (creator of the wonderful harlem.org) comparing Matthew Barney’s Cremaster 3 (also mentioned here) to Donkey Kong. Richard Serra, in this analysis, is King Kong. While this sounds rather silly, and I have a feeling the essay is written at least with tongue near cheek, his point is a good one: Cremaster 3, like the Masonic quest narrative that underlies it, is structured like a classic side-scroller video game. It has climbing and jumping, the collection of objects that are required later in the game, various interesting monsters to avoid, and one big monster at the top. Moreover, it might be at least as effective as an interactive video game experience as it is in its current film form. Cool.