Charlie dont' Surf

The title of Charlie don’t surf, 1997, comes from the film Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola, related to a scene in which American soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War attack and destroy a village in order to reach a beach and surf the waves. Developing a further reflection on the infinite variations of human cruelty, the work takes the form of a mannequin with the features of a young boy, seated at his school desk. Apparently diligent, the pupil is constrained into a situation of forced immobility. A closer look reveals that, pierced by pencils, his hands are nailed to the desk.