Drawing Restraint 9
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Drawing Restraint 9 is an experimental art film by Matthew Barney that blends surreal narrative, elaborate sculptural sets, and ritualistic imagery, set largely aboard a Japanese whaling vessel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Drawing Restraint 9 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4909479 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Drawing Restraint 9 Context triple: [Matthew Barney, notableWork, Drawing Restraint 9]
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A.
Wall Drawing #1
Wall Drawing #1 is an early conceptual wall drawing by Sol LeWitt that exemplifies his use of simple geometric instructions to generate large-scale, site-specific artworks.
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B.
Wall Drawing #51
Wall Drawing #51 is a conceptual wall drawing by Sol LeWitt that exemplifies his systematic, instruction-based approach to minimal and conceptual art.
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C.
Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life
Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life is a classic instructional art book that teaches figure drawing through constructive anatomy, dynamic forms, and simplified geometric structures.
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D.
The Drawing Lesson
The Drawing Lesson is a 17th-century genre painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Jan Steen that humorously depicts a domestic art lesson scene rich with everyday detail and moral undertones.
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E.
8 Diagrams
8 Diagrams is a studio album by the Wu-Tang Clan that marked their return in the late 2000s with a darker, more experimental sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Drawing Restraint 9 Target entity description: Drawing Restraint 9 is an experimental art film by Matthew Barney that blends surreal narrative, elaborate sculptural sets, and ritualistic imagery, set largely aboard a Japanese whaling vessel.
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A.
Wall Drawing #1
Wall Drawing #1 is an early conceptual wall drawing by Sol LeWitt that exemplifies his use of simple geometric instructions to generate large-scale, site-specific artworks.
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B.
Wall Drawing #51
Wall Drawing #51 is a conceptual wall drawing by Sol LeWitt that exemplifies his systematic, instruction-based approach to minimal and conceptual art.
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C.
Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life
Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life is a classic instructional art book that teaches figure drawing through constructive anatomy, dynamic forms, and simplified geometric structures.
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D.
The Drawing Lesson
The Drawing Lesson is a 17th-century genre painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Jan Steen that humorously depicts a domestic art lesson scene rich with everyday detail and moral undertones.
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E.
8 Diagrams
8 Diagrams is a studio album by the Wu-Tang Clan that marked their return in the late 2000s with a darker, more experimental sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
experimental art film
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feature film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Matthew Barney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Matthew Barney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Tartan Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
The Guest
NERFINISHED
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The Host NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
art film
ⓘ
avant-garde film ⓘ experimental film ⓘ |
| hasArtisticMedium |
film
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performance ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
body and sculpture
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maritime culture ⓘ metamorphosis ⓘ ritual ⓘ shinto symbolism ⓘ transformation ⓘ whaling ⓘ |
| incorporatesMotif |
marine imagery
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petroleum jelly ⓘ whale blubber ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| musicBy | Björk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSequence |
tea ceremony on whaling ship
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transformation into whales ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Drawing Restraint NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Venice Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Cremaster Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Drawing Restraint 1
NERFINISHED
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Drawing Restraint 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Drawing Restraint 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Drawing Restraint 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Drawing Restraint 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Drawing Restraint 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ Drawing Restraint 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Drawing Restraint 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 135 ⓘ |
| scoreType | original soundtrack ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | 9 ⓘ |
| setting |
Japanese whaling vessel
ⓘ
Nagasaki Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Björk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Matthew Barney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visualStyle |
ritualistic
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sculptural ⓘ surreal ⓘ |
| writer | Matthew Barney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Drawing Restraint 9 Description of subject: Drawing Restraint 9 is an experimental art film by Matthew Barney that blends surreal narrative, elaborate sculptural sets, and ritualistic imagery, set largely aboard a Japanese whaling vessel.
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