Killing Time
by Kent Klich
Artist
Kent Klich
(Sverige, född 1952)
Editor
Anders Refn
Date2011
MediumDigital video, color, stereo sound
Dimensions12:00 min
ClassificationMoving Images
Credit LinePurchase 2021 (Swedish Acquisitions 2021)
On view
StockholmRoomGallery 04
Object NumberMOM/2021/427
CollectionsRecent Acquisitions, Svenska förvärv 2021
About the artworkFor thirty years, Kent Klich has worked in a documentary tradition, earning a reputation for his photo books about Beth, the children in Nicolae Ceauşescu’s Romania, and El Niño. In 2001, he began travelling to Gaza, the conflict-torn Palestine territory that has been occupied by Israel since 1967. Through his works, Klich seeks to increase our awareness about life in this geopolitical area and the crimes against human rights that take place there. The project has also led to reflections on the difficulty of portraying human suffering, and his own role as a photographer. The brightly-coloured photo album from Gaza contains pictures of deserted, bombed homes with a sofa and an iron that remain undamaged. Klich has also expanded on the project in a video installation, Killing Time (2011), with personal mobile videos belonging to people who didn’t survive.