A bitter-sweet and thoughtful book of the eponymous exhibition, to which Milena Carbone has added a short story that sheds light on this conquering and devastating movement of civilizations towards the West. 

Ten millennia ago, after millions of years of living in symbiosis with nature, the human species, becoming civilised, separated from other living species. The rise of Mesopotamia moved Westwards, in a burst of brutal conquest relayed through Egypt, Greece, Rome, then through all of Europe to end up in America and now meets the East. Ouroboros... the snake that eats its own tail. Will the female spirit save humanity ?

“Samer and the 49 Chimpanzees” tells the story of the Emperor of the Western Empire until his death. In front of Samer’s mausoleum, a princess from the East appears before the priests. Her angry diatribe is at the same time a cry for forgiveness.