✕ Film & artwork / 2025
BROKENDREAMS
Glass for Gaza.
A short film with Benjamin Nicolas, in support of Les Baroudeurs de l'Espoir.
Glassisfragile,sharp,dangerous—butalsobeautifulwhentransformed.WatchingOlivierbreakandreconstructtheimagebecameavisualechoofwhatweweretryingtoexpress:theviolenceinflictedoninnocence,andthepossibilityofresilience.
— Benjamin Nicolas, director
The central piece
Two Children, Gaza
(after Motaz Azaiza)
Olivier rebuilt the photojournalist's image in broken glass on concrete. The faces of two children remain discernible beneath the shattered surface — the medium and the meaning fused into one act.
Credits
- Artwork
- Olivier Monfet
- Direction
- Benjamin Nicolas
- Inspiration
- Motaz Azaiza (photograph)
- In support of
- Les Baroudeurs de l'Espoir — Diane Antakli
- Year
- 2025
- Medium
- Broken glass, 48 × 48 in.
Auction
The original work is being auctioned to fund tangible aid for displaced children.
Enquire about the auction →The film
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