Staying with trouble
by Alyona Larionova, 2018, 14'

HD video and CGI (Computer Generated Imagery). Courtesy of the artist 


Presented at VISIO. European Identities. New Geographies in Artists’ Film and Video (2018)
The artist follows a Kazakh berkutchi (eagle hunter) as he attempts to tame his wild eagle, Sadak. This centuries’ old tradition finds a new meaning in Staying with the trouble. In a world, in which the flow of people and data has become exceedingly complex to grasp, the film turns to the unsung sense of touch - the one that we depend on the most and talk about the least. The sense that is able to reveal the power dynamics that define us.


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