Hunter Killer Father Lover
Artist:
Yuli Serfaty
Date:
2024
Medium:
4K video
Dimensions:
12 minutes 24 seconds
Collection:
Lafayette anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
Domain:
Video
Hunter Killer Father Lover is a 12-minute CGI film created for the exhibition project Horny, Aimless & Alone. It depicts the fictional association of a phallic-shaped mutant creature—halfway between a Hunter-Killer military drone and a beluga whale—and a monocultural acid forest. The work addresses colonial methods of displacement through ecological manipulation and the instrumentalisation of nature. The central character, conceived as a failure, transforms from a rigid weapon into a mass of translucent, undulating flesh that evokes a sense of pity. Its sagging skin struggles to contain it as it seeks to prevent the collapse of the architecture built to keep it in power. By exploring the intersection between sexuality and destruction, Serfaty deconstructs the phallic symbolism of weapons while revealing the vulnerability of landscapes as reflections of complex social structures.
Text written by Alessia Damioli as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Text written by Alessia Damioli as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibition
Horny, Aimless & Alone
Xxijra Hii, Londres (Angleterre)
from 15 Mar to 20 Apr 2024
Xxijra Hii, Londres (Angleterre)
from 15 Mar to 20 Apr 2024