Two donkeys in a war zone

2015 – 2018

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Two donkeys in a war zone - © Clément Lambelet

Informations

Two donkeys in a war zone is a series that stems from an American army video available on YouTube. A drone records an attack on an ISIS camp. Between two explosions, the aircraft’s infrared camera briefly captures two donkeys.

The incident led me to sift through drone videos produced by the American, Afghan or British armies, searching for moments or details that do not pertain to military combat but belong to life itself, off-camera elements in an asymmetrical war. I collected, reframed, and redirected this military footage, thus highlighting infinitesimal traces of life that resist the surrounding chaos.

Two donkeys in a war zone was published by RVB Books in 2017.
The book was shortlisted for the Author Book Award at Les Rencontres d’Arles 2018.

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Exhibitions

2020
1. Me, Myself & A.I,
  
  Felix Meritis, Amsterdam, NL
2. 23. vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis für Fotografie,
  
  Kammgarn West, Schaffhausen, CH
2019
1. A Chance for the Unpredictable, Lianzhou Foto Festival 2019,
  
  Lianzhou, CN,
  
  30/11 – 03/01
2. 23. vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis für Fotografie,
  
  ELAC, Renens, CH
3. No’Photo – Biennale de la Photographie à Genève,
  
  Geneva, CH,
  
  28/09
4. 23. vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis für Fotografie,
  
  Photobastei, Zurich, CH
2018
1. Prix Photoforum 2018,
  
  Photoforum Pasquart, Biel, CH,
  
  02/12 – 13/01
2. Surveillance Index, Performing Books #1,
  
  Le Bal, Paris, FR
  
  10/01 – 27/01
2017
1. Ciels, Villa Dutoit,
  
  Geneva, CH,
  
  05/05 – 21/05
2016
1. Camera(Auto)Control – 50JPG,
  
  Centre de la photographie, Geneva, CH,
  
  01/06 – 31/07
2. Half Time,
  
  ECAL, Renens, CH,
  
  06/02 – 19/02

Two donkeys in a war zone,

in A Chance for the Unpredictable, Lianzhou Fotofestival, CN, curated by Peter Pfrunder, 2019,

Find Fix Finish and Two Donkeys in a War Zone,

in 23. vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis für Fotografie, Kammgarn West, Schaffhausen, CH, 2019

Two donkeys in a war zone,

in Camera(Auto)Control – 50JPG, Centre de la photographie de Genève, Geneva, CH, curated by Joerg Bader & Sébastien Leseigneur, 1 June – 31 July 2016