PUT YOUR WARRIOR MASK ON AND RUN
Yasmine Laraqui
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It does not resolve it, justify it, or elevate it.
WORK DETAILS
Creator
Location
Yasmine Laraqui
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HAMPTONS
Year
Practice
2015
Produced by Yasmine Laraqui
ABOUT THE WORK
The video shows a person wearing a warrior mask, running. There is no battle, no enemy,no context. The gesture promises action but delivers nothing.
The mask suggests strength, readiness, mythology. The running leads nowhere. The action repeats, emptying itself of meaning. What should be heroic becomes pointless,almost comic. Power is announced but never exercised.
The video insists on this mismatch. It does not resolve it, justify it, or elevate it. The figurekeeps moving, and the movement keeps failing. The result is an image of effort withoutcause, urgency without stakes, a performance that exhausts itself by continuing.

























