‘The Shores of an Island I Only Skirted’ - Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen
Sander Breure and Witte van Hulzen’s double projection suggests that we are seeing an image and its reverse, the counter-image. The first screen displays images from a small and seemingly uninhabited island. One might think that this discreet and undisturbed piece of land could offer a paradisiac existence. Only when we learn that this in fact is Utøya, the place of the politically motivated massacre committed by Anders Breivik in 2011, do the images acquire a menacing tone. The reverse side of the screen offers a counter-image, showing a montage of diverse found footage fragments on migration. The reverse movement shows what some people imagine as utopia, is in fact its opposite.
Source: www.contour7.be
More info: https://www.metropolism.com/nl/features/23025_the_shores_of_an_island_i_only_skirted (dutch)
