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PUT YOUR WARRIOR MASK ON AND RUN

Yasmine Laraqui

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It does not resolve it, justify it, or elevate it.

PUT YOUR WARRIOR MASK ON AND RUN
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.

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