May 18, 2018, 12:30 – 1:45pm
In a world where “alternative facts” are offered instead of reality, art offers us the chance to make sense of the world. Edmund Clark is an award-winning artist who engages with state censorship to explore the hidden spaces of control in the “war on terror.” Having exhibited at a number of galleries including ICP, New York, and Imperial War Museum, London, Clark will discuss how his work finds new ways to visualise the covert sites and experiences associated with the global response to terrorism, and the impact this has on our society and culture.
This presentation is part of the Aesthetica’s Future Now Symposium. For more information and to book please visit Aesthetica Magazine’s website.
International Center of Photography, New York, USA
January 26 – May 6, 2018
Through photographs and declassified documents, Clark reveals how the unexpected connections between those who exercise control and those who are subject to it bring this covert torture trail to a human level. He highlights the everyday veneers under which purveyors of detention and interrogation operate in plain sight, brings light to the processes beneath, and reflects on how terror impacts us all by altering fundamental aspects of our society and culture. Organised by Director of Exhibitions and Collections at ICP Erin Barnett, this is Clark’s first major solo exhibition in the United States.
May 2, 2018, 6:30 – 8pm
Edmund Clark will be joined by performance artist and scholar Elise Morrison, assistant professor of theatre studies at Yale; Thomas Keenan, director of the Human Rights Project and associate professor of comparative literature at Bard College; and Dror Ladin, staff attorney at the ACLU National Security Project, for a discussion on the intersections of conflict, policy-making, and new forms of visualisation in our globalised, surveilled culture of spectacle. This exchange draws on themes from the current ICP Museum exhibition Edmund Clark: The Day the Music Died, enriching the conversation around Clark’s work about the impact of the War on Terror during the final week of the show.
Free, booking essential. Please visit the ICP website for more information.