f we weren’t certain that the sun will rise and set again tomorrow, we would probably spend our days in radically different ways. Likewise, if we didn’t believe that investments will pay off, (2021), Bani Abidi scoured news reports from across historical eras and geographies, and zoomed in on the body language that political leaders use in drumming up camaraderie and confidence to preserve the status quo. Her close-up images, tightly framing the hands of these authority figures, are arranged in a loose, horizontal line by category.
