Fire Over Water
Synopsis
In this "video poem," Vicuña responds to Gasland 2, a 2013 documentary by Josh Fox examining the devastating environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing in the United States. The audio recording of the poem Vicuña reads is from a July 18, 2013 performance at Poets House in New York City.
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