Yto Barrada
The artist's activist approach navigates between historical reality and ecological projection.
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16 mm film
The film depicts a commando group of three men – hired by the artist – in a vacant lot who attend to a wounded palm tree. It is a gesture through which the artist seeks to render its disappearance more difficult while nevertheless failing to prevent its removal by the lot’s developers.
© Still: Yto Barrada
The artist's activist approach navigates between historical reality and ecological projection.