SOLDIERS SPEAKING

in nation-state armies, a soldier is a speechless actor merely following orders. using found footage from recent wars, this video piece takes a closer look at what soldiers really have to say.

trigger warning: graphic violence

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in March or April of 2022, just after the war in Ukraine began, I had a dream: I was in a black-box theater with no ceiling, lying on the floor; above me, a soldier’s torn-off giant leg was hanging; it was a stage prop, but it felt disturbingly real. researching contemporary wars had altered my own perception of the body, at some point, I realized there was an urge within me to create something about militant corporeality at its ultimate point of disembodiment—the moment when those stripped of a voice can no longer speak.