Raymond Depardon & Paul Virilio

Texts by Michel Agier, Bruce Albert, Marc Augé, François Gemenne, Peter Sloterdijk, Paul Virilio, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Mark Hansen, Laura Kurgan, and Ben Rubin; and conversation between Raymond Depardon and Paul Virilio. Native Land explores peoples attachment to their countries, and the planets role in forming ones identity, as well as the paths and consequences of human migrations. The book features photographs and movie stills by Raymond Depardon, multi-screen installations and press articles, while the subjects discussed range from Tuvaluans forced to leave their Pacific island, to a human cannonball who catapults himself over the US-Mexico border. The texts included offer a chance to explore the themes raised in the exhibition, Native Land, Stop Eject (Prix Nomad’s 2009). Accompanied by exhibition views, they incite contemplation on the meaning of sedentariness and nomadism, as well as related questions of identity.