Ground Control: When the horizon becomes a frontier
October 4, 2024
6:00 – 8:00pm
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A conversation between curator and researcher Dr Nicola Triscott and artist Ofri Cnaani, moderated by curator Or Tshuva as part of The CONTACTLESS CONDITION exhibition public programme.
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“A man goes to space. What sort of mathematical models, data protocols, physical training, herbs and pills, funding arrangements, anti-pressure medication, anti-depression medication, political infrastructures, financial abilities, personal objects and souvenirs, legal status, playlists and mix tapes, imperial desires, industry trades, and policy agreements move with him across the horizon line?”
If outer space used to be the unreachable horizon, it is now becoming a new technological and economic frontier. The “new space” is a rapidly developed techno-political arena undergoing an accelerated privatisation process. Inspired by Cnaani’s new video work, the conversation will focus on the role of artistic practices in exploring, critiquing and imagining a place we all know but will probably never visit.
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Dr Nicola Triscott is a curator, researcher and writer, known for her expertise in the intersections between art, science, technology and society. She currently serves as Director/CEO of FACT Liverpool. Previously, she was the founding Director of Arts Catalyst (1994-2019), building Arts Catalyst into a renowned international arts and research organization . As a scholar, Nicola lectures and publishes on several art/science specialisms. She was a Principal Research Fellow in Art/Science at the University of Westminster (2017-19).
Ofri Cnaani’s work has been exhibited internationally at institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum, PS1 MoMA, Tate Britain, Venice Architecture Biennale, BMW Guggenheim Lab, Amos Rex Museum, Kunsthalle Wien, and Kiasma Museum, among others. She holds a PhD from the Visual Cultures department at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she also served as an associate lecturer. Currently, she is a visiting scholar at the Institute of Visual Culture, TU Wien, and a research fellow at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), studying the ‘Networked Image.’
Or Tshuva is a Manchester based curator, writer, and educator. Her curatorial projects were exhibited at the Petach Tikva Museum of Art, National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi, Jerusalem Design Week, Artport Tel Aviv, Beit Hagefen: Arab-Jewish Cultural Centre, and more. She was involved in curatorial and research residencies at the MuCEM (Marseille, FR), Liverpool Biennial (UK), and Residency Unlimited (Brooklyn, NY).
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