The Social Documents programme continued with Allan Sekula’s rich photographic and filmic mappings of modern life.
A retrospective of Sekula’s moving image works was followed by a presentation of his series of photographs Ship of Fools alongside his award-winning documentary film The Forgotten Space (2010). Together, they examine the sea as a space of trade, work, exploitation, activism and the sublime.
The Ship of Fools events programme included special screenings of The Forgotten Space, a series of lectures by photographers and visual culture specialists exploring art and the effects of globalisation as well as a new reading group where we got to grips with Karl Marx’s Capital.
The Globalisation and Art Lecture Series
3 February 2012 | Richard Williams: A Modern Ruin – the ‘United States’ in Philadelphia
15 February 2012 | Gail Day: Social Transitivity in Allan Sekula’s The Lottery of the Sea
15 February 2012 | Steve Edwards: Some Brechtian Moments
23 February 2012 | Anu Pennanen, Gaze Value
29 February 2012 | Owen Logan: Globalising the Spiritual Aristocracy: Reflections on Class, Art, and Gods
14 March 2012 | Antigoni Memou: Contesting Globalisation: Allan Sekula’s Waiting for Tear Gas
Producer: Cheryl Connell
AV: Evan Thomas
Installation: Lindsey Hamilton
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