Larissa Sansour

Nation Estate

Single channel film with sound, 9 min 2 s

2011

Incident:

2011. Photo Elysée, Lausana.

In 2011, Lacoste, sponsor of the Prix Elysée, demanded the removal of the Palestinian artist from the list of finalists because her work wasn’t in keeping with the joie de vivre theme of the prize. The brand withdrew its sponsorship following the dispute that arose and the organisers cancelled that year’s edition in support of Sansour.

Biography:

Larissa Sansour (Jerusalem, 1977) is a Palestinian artist who lives and works in London. Her work is interdisciplinary and often uses fiction to address current social and political realities. She represented Denmark at the 58th Biennale di Venezia.