Quasi-generic, imprecise images contrast with concrete, specific words and pieces of information that convey to us the supposed subject of this piece: September 11, 2001. The artist does not set out to reflect about the event in the past or in a possible future so much as to underscore, in an emotional tone—as a letter to his father—about its affective genealogy, its effects, statistical figures, and the personal experiences of those involved when faced with the void that has replaced the twin towers of the World Trade Center. The sole clear, specific reference repeated throughout the video is the image of a railing, highlighting that which requires representation: the immigrant, the foreigner.
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