The Madou Daitian Temple is an out of the way mythological theme park in Tainan City, Taiwan. Created in the 1980s, animatronic depictions of the 18 levels of Taoist Hell and Taoist Heaven are displayed in graphic detail. Triggered by motion sensors, sinners are sentenced by kings to their appropriate tortures while screaming for mercy in an endless loop. Local parents take their children to the temple to impress upon them the importance of living a virtuous life.

Filmed and edited by David Scott Kessler during a three-month residency at Absolute Space for the Arts in Tainan.

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