Scotiabank Nuit Blanche
Zone A Independent Project
Mark Boulos, All That is Solid Melts into Air, 2008, Video Installation
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U of T - Justina M. Barnicke Gallery & Hart House
All That is Solid Melts into Air
Mark Boulos - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Video Installation
Two films projected on opposing walls feature intensely conflicting, yet inextricably intertwined forces: one shows frenzied stock traders at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange speculating on the futures of oil; the other shows guerrilla fighters in the Niger Delta preparing for battle against oil companies that extract and export oil from their land.
Mature content, suitable for audiences 14+