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Most Dismal Swamp: The Bastard Fields

3 October – 14 December 2025

Autotelic Foundation presented a solo exhibition by Most Dismal Swamp, curated by Nadim Samman. The exhibition included the UK premiere of the new film, The Bastard Fields, accompanied by an installation that expanded its imaginative universe.

The Bastard Fields is a bold new work of outsider cinema, combining real-world locations and unreality engines. Directed by Most Dismal Swamp and co-commissioned by Autotelic Foundation the film blends folk-horror, futurism and experimental video art to hallucinatory effect. Set in a nightmarish terrain defined by ‘model collapse’ (in which toxic AI systems, trained on biased data, have completely flooded the zone), a cast of strange characters variously seek resistance or accommodation with “midification”.


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PRESS HIGHLIGHTS

The Glorious Sludge: Most Dismal Swamp 'The Bastard Fields' – Refresh.art

Spotlight on the recently released fever dream movie – Nasty Magazine

Most Dismal Swamp Solo Exhibition The Bastard Fields – FAD Magazine