Richard Mosse – The Enclave

Louisiana poster with the work, The Enclave, by Irish artist Richard Mosse (b. 1980), which Louisiana presented in 2015. Using special military surveillance film, he depicted the civil war in eastern Congo in the photo and video work.

Richard Mosse is not a classic 'studio artist', but works with a documentary approach that takes him to places where war photographers typically work.

The central element of Mosse's work was the use of special military surveillance film that recorded the invisible spectrum of infrared light reflected by the chlorophyll of green plants. The film made the plants' natural foliage appear luminous pink.

The work approached the divided war zone in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR) by giving us glimpses of the logic of war - as an overwhelming, confusing, nightmarish state, where quiet moments filled with beauty are punctuated by violent outbursts, and where fear constantly lurked beneath the surface.

Read more about the exhibition here