While all of Hiwa K\u2019s\nwork was unique and thought-provoking, it was Pre-Image (Blind As The Mother\nTongue) that really intrigued me. The movie is about Hiwa K attempting to get\nfrom Greece to Italy on his journey as a migrating refugee. Balancing a long\npole with mirrors aimed in different directions on his face, he slowly walks\nthrough the countryside, through woods, through a train stop, and through a\nrefugee camp. There is no sound but his narration of the events that happened\nto him as a refugee. While he walks he speaks about Narcissus. Given how much\nhis mirrors impede his movement one could guess that the theme of the piece is\nhow narcissism impedes people from moving through life. However, that lesson\nseems too trivial given the situation he is in. I can\u2019t find a satisfying interpretation\nof the piece online anywhere and there were no descriptors about it in the exhibition.\nThe best explanation I\u2019ve found was by Ania Szremski in Art Agenda. She calls\nthe piece an \u201caggravated effort for nothing\u201d. The time and energy he spends\nbalancing while walking so so slowly conveys the feeling of hopelessness Hiwa K\nexperienced as a refugee. Even though every move he made felt useless and unacknowledged,\nhe kept moving forward anyways. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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