Empty Handed departs from recent events of unlawful killings of people, while they were holding their hands up in the air in surrender. It explore this universal gesture that has the capacity to save lives. A gesture that declares a limit, an exhaustion of power, and at the same time has the power to change the course of things.
How a universal sign, known from the dawn of times, is stripped off of its meaning and looses its communication capacity?
What can we gain if the power of this gesture of powerlessness is restored?