From: Iaspis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 3 July 2006 5:56:51 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: SYMPOSIUM ON CRITICAL DOCUMENTS 15-17 SEP
Slowly learning to survive the desire to simplify:
A symposium on critical documents
15-17 September at Iaspis, Stockholm
Invited participants include Ronny Ambjörnsson (professor Department
of History, Umeå University), Matthew Buckingham (artist, New
York/Berlin/Malmö), Stefan Jonsson (writer, scholar and literary
critic at Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm), Åsa Linderborg (writer,
Stockholm) and Hito Steyerl (artist, film maker and writer,
Vienna/Berlin)
Particpants from various fields such as art, film, media critique and
political theory will discuss the structure of narratives and the
construction of history in contemporary production within lensbased
media. What stories are not given space in today’s society and what
are the alternative strategies for the production of images? One of
the aims is to discuss the media’s increasingly monopolized picture of
reality, and to weigh it up against the art world’s present interest
in the political. But what are the possibilities and the risks of
using art as a way to satisfy a need for “critical documents”?
In light of today’s political and cultural climate, there is once
again a need to raise questions about how stories are constructed and
what effects they have. What are the rights and responsibilities of
the storyteller?
The symposium was initiated by Produktionsenheten (The Production
Unit). It is a collaboration between Produktionsenheten, Iaspis and
Nifca.
Produktionsenheten is a network for artists working with documentary
storytelling, media criticism and narrative experiments. The project
focuses on a critical analysis of history writing, and how narratives
and investigative journalism are used for political motives.
Produktionsenheten includes: Petra Bauer, Nanna Debois Buhl, Kajsa
Dahlberg, Johanna Gustafsson, Sara Jordenö, Conny Karlsson, Runo
Lagomarsino, Ditte Lyngkær Pedersen and Ylva Westerlund.
For more information and to register: [EMAIL PROTECTED], +46 8 402 35 77
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