‘Dead Horses’ presents a vision of wartime on the ground from the point of view of a bewildered child. But even an innocent child knows when death is near.
War has plagued humanity throughout history, but today it is spoken of in terms of politics, of strategy, of territories lost or recaptured. ‘Dead Horses’ presents a vision of wartime on the ground from the point of view of a bewildered child. From this place of naiveté, war is experienced as strange iron birds, giant eggs that make mud splashes, a pile of sticks that was once a village, mysterious dead horses. But even an innocent child knows when death is near.
