Richard Mosse: The Enclave
A hallucinogenic video installation exploring the invisible war.
Overview
Richard Mosse’s The Enclave was on display in 2014 at COFA in Sydney, and now it’s visiting the National Gallery of Victoria. The video installation explores the invisible war in the Democratic Republic of Congo which has claimed the lives of 5.4 million people since it begun in 1998. Mosse and his team spent years filming the rebel militants with 16mm infrared film, a process which turns the Congo’s green jungles into a surreal, startling pink bubblegum landscape. The hallucinogenic installation spans six screens and was initially inspired by Joseph Conrad’s melancholic literary work Heart of Darkness. It aims to shine a light on the conflict that receives so little media attention.
The installation was commissioned for the Irish representation at the 55th Venice Bienniale in 2013, and wraps up at the NGV on February 28 — so get in quick before it’s gone. And best of all, you can catch the exhibition for free.
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