At the Palais de Tokyo, five fishing boats are subjected to the repeated gestures of performers. Hulls open and planks accumulate: shelter becomes debris. In Ordre et Progrès, Héctor Zamora tests the promises attached to travel and progress through an installation whose destruction is also its form. Collective labour no longer builds a refuge; it exposes its components and vulnerability.
Location: Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France. Performance and installation from 2016, produced by SAM Art Projects. This documentary excerpt was published by the artist on 15 October 2026.
Artist: Héctor Zamora, born in Mexico City in 1974, works across installation and performance. His interventions transform architectural space and examine the relationships between collective labour, materials and social organisation.
Sources: artwork and production; Palais de Tokyo; original video.