Fukushima Artists' Films: Screening and Discussion with Kodwo Eshun (The Otolith Collective)

Kodwo Eshun of The Otolith Collective presents an evening of screenings of artists’ responses to the 03/11/11 Fukushima Disaster.

Kodwo Eshun of The Otolith Collective presents an evening of screenings of artists’ responses to the 03/11/11 Fukushima Disaster.
Tadasu Takamine: Japan Syndrome Kansai version
Nina Fischer and Moroan el Sani: I Live in Fear After March 11
Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Ernst Karel and Verena Paravel: Ah Humanity!
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As part of Real Lives Half Lives: Fukushima, Kodwo Eshun of The Otolith Collective with the curatorial collective Don’t Follow The Wind, curates an evening of screenings of artists’ films responding to the Fukushima disaster.
 
Images proliferate our world. There is a social fascination for disaster images. There is a hyper-meditation upon events that occur outside of our immediate comprehension. How can film re-negotiate our relationship to catastrophic events and an unrecognisable, apocalyptic environment? How can visual inquiry expand as a sociopolitical investigation into selective, political blurring of public facts?
 
The nuclear disaster of Fukushima acts as a point of departure from which to reflect on and expose the fragility and folly of humanity in the age of the Anthropocene. The discussion will explore how artists’ responses can act as a platform from which to explore abstract fears and factual realities, apocalyptic landscapes and the invisible threat of nuclear radiation.

Admission: £5, booking essential