Camille Henrot's new film 'In the Veins' explores ecological grief at LUMA Arles
Camille Henrot, a leading contemporary artist, has unveiled a new film titled 'In the Veins' at LUMA Arles. The work confronts ecological grief—the intimate experience of living with irreversible loss amid climate crisis and mass extinction. Rather than framing this as an abstract planetary issue, Henrot situates it within ordinary life, where care, fear, love, and responsibility are acutely felt. The film opens with a troubling contradiction: animals pervade childhood through books, toys, and songs, yet many are endangered or disappearing. Henrot highlights the dissonance when reading an alphabet book—'J for jaguar' or 'P for polar bear'—and confronting the gap between representation and reality. The film lingers on this gap, questioning what it means to raise children in such times.
Key facts
- Camille Henrot is the artist behind the film 'In the Veins'.
- The film premiered at LUMA Arles.
- It addresses ecological grief and raising children during climate crisis.
- The work contrasts animal representations in childhood with their real-world endangerment.
- Henrot is described as a leading artist of her generation.
- The film focuses on the daily experience of irreversible loss.
- It uses the alphabet book example of 'J for jaguar' and 'P for polar bear'.
- The work is not about abstract planetary issues but ordinary life.
Entities
Artists
Institutions
- LUMA Arles
Locations
- Arles
- France