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    Els Dietvorst

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    (c) Els Dietvorst / Daria Lihovitskaya
    I Watched the White Dogs of the Dawn, 2018
    Els Dietvorst
    Video , 00:52:25
    digital file (colour, sound)

    In Kilmore Quay, the perspective of the fish is the only one that matters. Times were good. There was plenty of money and plenty of work – until the European fisheries quotas arrived on their shores. Against the backdrop of an Irish fishing village, Els Dietvorst has filmed the second part of her triptych about the relationship between humans and nature.

    In I Watched the White Dogs of the Dawn (triptych, part 2), Els Dietvorst addresses the troubles of Irish fishermen in coping with European fishing quotas. She talks to the inhabitants of Kilmore Quay village and provides a rough sketch of the tension underlying the personal and deeply human stories as well as the political-economic context.

    Click here to watch an excerpt from I Watched the White Dogs of the Dawn (triptych, part 2).

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