In Gamsutl, we observe the ruins of a village of the Avare, an ethnic group originally from the Dagestan area, on the Caucasus Mountains. Their isolation failed to shield them from outside influences that ultimately dismantled them socially and economically. In this piece, Makhacheva speaks of time as a matter of history, but also as a poetic resource to connect past and future. From the specificity of her cultural context, the artist adds poetical awareness and political critique to different experiences of the geopolitical South.

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