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The Hour of Prayer
Eija-Liisa Ahtila takes the viewer on a journey in her video work The Hour of Prayer. The work tells the story of dealing with grief starting in a January storm in New York and ending in Benin, West Africa eleven months later. The work is based on Ahtila’s own life.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 29328
Creation/Production
AHTILA, Eija-Liisa
Date: 2005
Acquisition
Purchase - ass. of DWT and Art Fund, 5/8/2008
Purchased support from The Derek Williams Trust Artes Mundi Purchase Prize and The Art Fund
Measurements
Material
Film
Location
In store
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