The Little Boat | Ziad Antar

07.05.2020

Taking one of the world’s most popular children’s songs as a sample, this video slowly reveals the latent violence embedded in the culture addressed to kids. This is a single video take, similar to a photograph, in which a tiny instrument is left to self-unwind with so much tenderness while the song’s story of almost carnivorous nature is told.

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Artist Name: Ziad Antar

Title of the Work: The Little Boat (Il Était un...)

Edition: Copies of four, one artist proof

Year: 2020

Medium: Video HD

Main Theme of the Work: Musical Video Art

Duration: 3´

Language: French, English subtitles

Editing: Nayla Mabsout

This artwork was created in the context of ENTER project, an initiative of Onassis Foundation. Onassis Stegi and Onassis USA give artists from all around the world 120 hours to create from home a series of new original commissions; sharing their new reality. Let’s ENTER.