Kim Yip Tong is a multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker from Mauritius whose practice blends painting, animation, installation, and collaborative research. She questions post-colonial identities in the context of the ecological crisis, reflecting on the collective embodied self, through sensory and immersive narratives. Cultivating stories of interdependence and coexistence, positioning art as a form of resistance and vessel of compassion.
Le 25 juillet 2020, le vraquier MV Wakashio s’échoue sur le récif de la côte Est de l'île Maurice. Douze jours plus tard, le pétrole se déverse, provoquant la pire catastrophe écologique jamais survenue dans la région.