Revolving around the carousel slide projector, Blackout spotlights how we often forget. Despite Kodak terminating its production in 2004, slide projectors continue to be used by artists – often exploring history from a personal perspective. In the age of swipe and scroll, the slide projector calls for us to remember.
Sun 27 Jan, 13:00-15:20, Kunsthal Rotterdam, €6. The event begins with an exhibition tour with the artists at 13:00 and the performance at 14:00.Also see Sojourner, Drylongso and compilation programme Calling Planet Earth.
Thu 24 Jan to Sun 3 Feb, 10:00-17:00 (Sun 27 Jan en 3 Feb, 11:00-17:00, Mon 28 Jan closed), Kunsthal, free with an IFFR ticket or pass
Sun 27 Jan, 13:00-15:20, Kunsthal, €6. The event begins with an exhibition tour with the artists at 13:00 and the performance at 14:00. Also see Sojourner, Drylongso and compilation programme Calling Planet Earth.
In this combined programme
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Non-chronological History
The history of Thai political events since 1932 is reshuffled out of chronological order in this installation with multiple slide projectors.
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Landscape Series #1
A series of mysterious photographs of people pointing into Vietnamese landscapes becomes a commentary on news events in this slide installation.
Space Station: Rainbow Ihnfinity
A nod to Sun Ra’s obsession with rainbows, this installation places living plants, theatrical furniture and a rainbow mural in an ‘arke
Sedimentation of Memory
This installation examines the caves of Cannerberg, located on the Dutch-Belgian border, which bear traces of its layered history.
Her Luminous Distance
This installation oscillates between archival images of stars, craters on the moon and under-recognised women scientists in space stations.
A Man Called Love
A poetic slide installation that intertwines psychic medium Francisco Candido Xavier, Brazil’s race and class relations and military dictator
Recollections of Long Lost Memories
A present-day hippy finds his way into historical photographs that mark Malaysian history in this humorous slide installation.
Between a Gaze and a Gesture
With images sourced from the Liberty human rights archive, this installation shows post-colonial and racial tensions in mid-20th-century Britain.
Fossil Locomotion
This flickering installation with multiple slide projectors is a study of motion that activates fossils that have been stationary for millennia.
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