ART & INSTALLATION

In his video installation the French-Algerian artist investigates the community stables in North Philadelphia, which were founded by African-American horse riders and whose existence is threatened today. It combines documentary film fragments about the community life with associative images from a festive rider competition. Beforehand the horses are decorated in cooperation with local artists. This personalised “horse tuning” precedes the final appearance of the black cowboys in the urban wilderness.

Produced by MOBILES, Corinne CASTEL with PMU support © ADAGP, Paris 2018

Courtesy of the artist, kamel mennour, Paris/London and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/ New York/Tokyo