Parrotta Contemporary Art, Cologne and Bonn, Germany
7 September – 10 November 2018
A solo presentation of Control Order House will be on view in Cologne, whilst a selection of works from The Mountains of Majeed, Guantanamo: If the Light Goes Out and Letters to Omar will be shown at Parrotta’s space in Bonn.
The opening at the gallery in Cologne will take place on Friday 7 September from 6pm until 10pm whilst a discussion between Edmund Clark and Thomas Seelig, Head of the Photography Collection at Museum Flokwang, will take place at Parrotta’s Burg Lede in Bonn on Sunday 9 September at 4pm.
9 November, 3 – 3:45pm
Edmund Clark will present his publication My Shadow’s Reflection alongside photographer Caio Reisewitz and the winner of Aperture and Paris Photo’s PhotoBook Awards. The talks will take place at the Paris Photo fair and are organised by The Eyes.
For more information please visit the Paris Photo website.
5 November, 9am – 6pm
This workshop explores the ways in which the study of secrecy can add to our understanding of the causes and legacies of violent conflict. Contributors are invited to reflect on the ways secrecy may function as an essential part of the structures of power/knowledge in state and security-making, including through resistant and dissenting practices. This includes consideration of the interconnections between secrecy and practices of concealing, deceiving, lying, obfuscating, ignoring and de-sensing, and includes exploring the relationship between secrecy and the unseen and unheard, the hidden, the absent, the opaque and the fake through gendered, sexed, ableist and racialised ways of knowing. Confirmed speakers include: Edmund Clark, Oliver Kearns, Brian Rappert, Lisa Stampnitzky, Clare Stevens, Owen Thomas, Elspeth Van Veeren, William Walters.
For more information and to register visit the Eventbrite site.
5 November 2018, 6:30 – 8:30pm
Edmund Clark will take part in Artists’ Books Now, an event exploring the artists’ book and its place in contemporary culture. This event’s in-the-round format is designed to rise to the open spirit of artists’ books by offering an accessible way of exploring them. This evening’s artists will ‘think aloud’ about the meanings and pleasures of artists’ books focusing on the theme of place. Participants include Chris Taylor, the artist and academic, the book artist and poet Nancy Campbell, photography and video artist Véronique Chance, and the artists Edmund Clark and Leonie Lachlan. They are joined in conversation by the essayist, art writer, curator and librarian Clive Phillpot.
For more information and to book a place please visit the British Library website.