Memorial to the Iraq War
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
23 May – 27 June 2007
Lida Abdul / Marc Bijl / Christoph Büchel / Tony Chakar / Yael Davids /
Jeremy Deller / Sam Durant / Chris Evans / Matias Faldbakken / Liam
Gillick / Natascha Sadr Haghighian / Iman Issa / Sanja Ivekovic / Erik
van Lieshout / Nate Lowman / Michaela Meise / Roman Ondák / Michael
Patterson-Carver with Harrell Fletcher / Khalil Rabah / Collier Schorr /
Vahid Sharifian / Sean Snyder / Jalal Toufic / Klaus Weber / Keith Wilson
The ICA has invited an international group of artists to make proposals
for a memorial to the Iraq War. These memorials address topics such as
the invasion and occupation of the country, the conflict’s relation to
the War on Terror, Iraq’s slide towards civil war, and the deaths of
soldiers and civilians. The Lancet estimated that by July 2006 the
number of Iraqi deaths – both combatant and civilian – that could be
directly or indirectly attributed to the war was over 650,000. The war
has also caused the deaths of over 3,300 soldiers from America, over 140
from Britain and over 120 from the other past and present Coalition
countries.
Some of the artists in the exhibition have produced new works, including
sculptures, videos and photographs, while others have produced proposals
for as-yet-unrealised memorials, often pushing at the boundaries of the
possible. The intention is not to find a definitive memorial to a war –
a difficult task at any time, and especially in the context of an
ongoing conflict. Instead the exhibition explores different views of the
Iraq War, and different perspectives on what can or should be
memorialised. The ICA’s location on the Mall, in the heart of
Westminster and in the area of London most dense with monuments, makes
this venue especially appropriate for an exhibition of this sort.
A programme of events will accompany the exhibition, including:
• a performance staged by Yael Davids (9 and 23 June)
• gallery talks (2 and 16 June)
• a walking tour of local monuments, devised by Tim Brennan (3 June)
• a conversation with the novelist and political commentator Ahdaf
Soueif, followed by a lecture by architect Eyal Weizman (23 June)
• a film programme devised by the curator Mai Abu ElDahab (16, 17, 23
and 24 June)
See website for full details - http://www.ica.org.uk/
For Further information, Please contact:
Natasha Plowright,
Head of Press
ICA Press Office
Tel: 020 7766 1404
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Memorial to Iraq is kindly supported by The Henry Moore Foundation and
the Mondriaan Foundation. Media Partner The Independent.
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