Saturday 6 November, 2010

Advance bookings for this event have closed. Tickets are still available and they can be purchased from the Information Desk from 11am on the day.

Curated by Lebanese video artist Akram Zaatari, Radical Closure (Video Data Bank, 2010) features works produced in response to situations of physical or ideological closure resulting from war and territorial conflicts. The program looks at what is known as the Middle East , and how the moving image has functioned throughout its history, charged with division, political tension, and mobilization. 

Radical Closure features important work by 24 artists including Guy Ben-Ner, Harun Farocki, Mona Hatoum, Walid Raad, and Elia Suleiman. 

Programme 4: Intensive Care
Intensive Care, Hatice Güleryüz, 2001, 2:20, Turkey
The First Ones, Hatice Güleryüz, 2000, 4:40, Turkey
I’ve Heard Stories 1, Marwa Arsanios, 2008, 4:42, Lebanon
we will win, Mahmoud Hojeij, 2006, 7:30, Lebanon
Ben Askerim (I, Soldier), Köken Ergun, 2005, 7:11, Turkey
Homage by Assassination, Elia Suleiman, 1992, 27:37, Palestine/U.S

From Programme 5: The Trace That Remains 
Birthday Suit with scars and defects, Lisa Steele, 1974, 13:20, Canada

In association with Video Data Bank

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