The Art of Disappearing

The Art of Disappearing tries to bring awareness of the languid evanescence of the Arbore tribe in Ethiopia where their last 2,300 members are currently living. The modernization of the roads and the easier access of visitors is changing their way of life. The series presented is a small part of a larger ongoing work https://hong-hu-yu.squarespace.com/arbore The term docu-fiction applies more to the work as a whole. The text on the images is there to portray the conflicting points of view of the visitors and the locals. Indigenous people are usually the topic of discussion, but rarely do they have a hand in shaping it. In this series, text, objects, and images are placed in close proximity to each other so that the unconscious and conscious mind interacts My goal is to delve into the other side of the mirror, to try to understand what it reflects and how we are interpreted by "the other" when he switches from being observed to being an observer.