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Erwin Olaf

Dusk, 05:11, Color, Stereo, NL, 2009

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A black woman, dressed in black, walks around in a dark interior with a baby on her arm. She cradles the crying child, wrapped in white cloths, and sings a lullaby. In the background a clock is ticking. […] The boy, who is only filmed from the back, mindlessly bounces the ball on the wooden floor or against one of the doors; next to the door, there is a portrait of a man, perhaps the (deceased?) father. […] (Netherlands Media Art Institute, Esma Moukhtar )