The private view of In Pursuit of Images will include introductions by Antje Ehmann on Parallel 1-4 (2012-2014), Harun Farocki’s documentary on computer-generated images, the curator Moad Musbahi on the rest of the works in the exhibition and Ana Maria Nicolaescu on the In 20/20 programme.
The exhibition explores how different techniques of derealisation are utilised in documentary practice. Thinking through the role of contemporary art in Harun Farocki practice and by bringing together artists working in moving-image that expose the racial, social and political regimes of image production, In Pursuit of Images questions the possibilities that documentary may still provide.
‘In Pursuit of Images’ features the works of Harun Farocki, Larry Achiampong & David Blandy, Kamal Aljafari, Alia Farid, IM Heung-Soon, Maha Maamoun, Naeem Mohaiemen and Anand Patwardhan
In Pursuit of Images will include commissioned works by Ayreen Anastas & Rene Gabri and Edwin Nasr & Bassem Saad that will be performed on February 14 as part of the In 20/20 Symposium.
Exhibition Design by Transformer Office
Programme Assistants: Jasmine Abu Hamdan and Paulina Burzynska
Antje Ehmann is a curator, author, and artist. Her most recent curatorial projects include: Harun Farocki. Otro Tipo De Empatía (with Carles Guerra), Museo de Arte, Bogota, Columbia 2020, Harun Farocki & Hito Steyerl. Life Captured Still, (with Carles Guerra), Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London, Great Britain 2020, Harun Farocki: Who is in Charge? (with Heloisa Espada), Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro and IMS Sao Paulo, Brazil 2019, What Ought To Be Done? Work & Life (with Eunhee Kim), National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea 2018, her recent artistic work include Labour in a Single Shot. Long term project 2011 – 2014 with Harun Farocki, since 2017 with Eva Stotz. Ongoing. How shall I name what I am missing? (with Jan Ralske), Forum Expanded, Berlin, Germany 2015. Her most recent publications include: What Ought to Be Done? Work and Life (with Kim Eunhee), National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul 2018. Harun Farocki . Zehn, zwanzig, dreißig, vierzig. Fragment einer Autobiografie (with Marius Babias), Cologne 2017. Harun Farocki, Lo que está en juego (with Carles Guerra), Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia 2016. Harun Farocki, Another Kind of Empathy (with Carles Guerra), Cologne 2016 .
