劃線｜Demarcation
Video Installation, 17'12'', 2024
街頭狗｜City Strays
Video Installation, 08'25'', 2024
Supported by Han Nefkens Foundation
The tales of the horses and the dogs unfold from two distinct voyages.
The horses hail from Mongolia. The artist captured images along a boundary within Mongolia, documenting the contrasting landscapes on each side. This boundary separates the realms of the Przewalski's horse and the domestic horse: on one side, a 506 square-kilometer sanctuary protects wild horses, untouched and unaided by human hands; on the other side, horses live entirely different lives under human care, serving as children's companions, workers, modes of transport, sustenance, and sources of amusement. The Przewalski's horses in Mongolia appear more liberated than their domesticated counterparts, yet they live in a Truman Show-like existence, observed from the start and constantly monitored by zoologists (and tourists).
The dogs belong to Kosovo, encountered during the artist’s ventures through the streets of Pristina. At night, the artist merged with the packs of dogs, following their movements until they dispersed and disappeared. Locals shared the story of these dogs: during the late 1990s, as Serbian troops clashed with Albanian guerrillas, domestic dogs were abandoned on the streets of the battlefield. Since then, Pristina has become a scene of roaming dog packs, with occasional confrontations between humans and dogs.
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