PLAYTIME thus follows on from Julien's acclaimed nine screen installation Ten Thousand Waves (2010)- currently on show at MoMA, New York - which offers a response to the Morecambe Bay tragedy of 2004, where twenty - three Chinese
cockle pickers were
lost at sea, and Western Union: small boats (2007), which explores the perilous voyages of those attempting to cross the Mediterranean from Africa to gain entry into «fortress Europe» a story that has tragically dominated the news headlines once again in recent months.