Mother of River

Edition 1/7+2AP

2020, Single-channel FHD video, color, sound, Edition 1 of 7 + 2AP 

Mother of River is single-channel video and six photographs feature a performance done by the artists. In this work, a strange, unidentified figure — covered their face and body with a very long red robe — wanders, twists, and floats on the river. Sometimes they appear grieving, other times eerie, not so different from the river which suffers by human activities while it could also cause seasonal destruction. This figure digs and eats sand until pregnant, and there was born a big clump of baby sand. The common Khmer term for baby delivery Chhlorng Tonle — which means "cross the river" — mirrors the figure's wandering across the water.