Lonnie Holley :: I Went a Little Too Far (Mistreating Love)

Taking the form of a cosmic lament, Lonnie Holley's "I Went a Little Too Far (Mistreating Love)" aches with Anthropocene remorse, and like all of the Atlanta-based artists's best work, is imbued with an emotional resonance that's as mournful as it is beautiful. "In this video I fell in love with the image of him as a sort of prophet, wandering the planet, warning the inhabitants to change our ways," says director Ethan Payne. "To 'repent' of how we harm each other and the earth . . .

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