The video installation consists of three sequences of images, based on found footage from Belgium's colonial history and American visual culture.
The images make visible the binary, moral-theoretical oppositions that constitute Western thought (e.g., civilized-savage, uninhibited-disciplined, white-black, rational-emotional).
In this way, the work seeks to reveal the associative fields and cultural archives (a term from Edward Said) that underpin the dominant Western self-image.
The images construct a semi-imaginary history, a "theory-fiction" that indirectly and obliquely highlights certain aspects of historical and social reality. However, attempting to interpret the images literally, factually, or historically is futile.
Above all, the work aims to evoke a sense of estrangement and alienation in the viewer, potentially prompting reflection on the racial ideologies and stereotypes that, often unconsciously, shape our thinking.