The Otolith Group
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Thursday, July 9, 2020

The Otolith Group “The Radiant”

Open Screen. Works from the MACBA Collection
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The Radiant explores the impact of 11 March 2011, when the Tohoku earthquake generated a tsunami on the west coast of Japan, killing thousands of people and causing a partial collapse of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Constructed from historical footage and recordings made in 2011, the film focuses on the promises of the advent of nuclear energy and the real danger of radioactivity. With a soundtrack reminiscent of New Wave science fiction films, The Radiant creates the climate of an invisible yet inordinately damaging threat.

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Thursday, July 9, 2020
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From 10 am – available for 24 hours
title
The Otolith Group “The Radiant”
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dates
Thursday, July 9, 2020
title
The Otolith Group “The Radiant”
timetable
From 10 am – available for 24 hours
location
Online
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The Otolith Group
London
2002
The Otolith Group is an art collective founded in London in 2002 by Anjalika Sagar (London, 1968) and Kodwo Eshun (London, 1967), whose work spans essays, curatorial projects, films and videos. Through an eclectic repertoire of art materials and media, they reflect on the nature of perception and analyse the role of documents and images in the construction of accounts of the post-colonial world. Films, texts, documents, photos, paintings, sound and music interrelate and construct new temporalities. Expanding on the documentary genre, their films are like collages of images that address topics ranging from the ideology of the Cold War to the processes of global capitalism. Their works have been presented at renowned institutions such as the Rubin Museum of Art in New York (2018), MOCAD in Detroit (2011), MACBA in Barcelona (2011), the Tate Modern in London (2010), ICA in London (2009), the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven (2008) and the Project Arts Centre in Dublin (2006). They have also been shown at documenta in Kassel (2012), the São Paulo Biennial in Brazil (2010), the Shanghai Biennale (2008), the Seville Biennial (2006) and transmediale in Berlin (2004). Their works can be found in the collections of the Tate Modern in London, the Guggenheim in New York and MACBA in Barcelona, among others.
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Hiuwai Chu parla de l'obra "The Radiant", de The Otolith Group – YouTube
Hiuwai Chu parla de l'obra "The Radiant", de The Otolith Group – YouTube
Hiuwai Chu, conservadora d'exposicions del MACBA, parla de l'obra del col·lectiu artístic The Otolith Group "The Radiant".«Pantalla oberta. Obres de la Col·l…