Geobodies: With Video Artist Ursula Biemann

Globalisation and recent trans-border conflicts have profoundly changed our modes of production, communication, displacement, and organization. To cope with the new reality that many in the global population now, forcedly or voluntarily, live in constant displacement—in trans-territories—new understandings of geography and geopolitical strategies have become necessary. This is the core topic of the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI)s spring exhibition, Geography of Trans-Territories, supported by swissnex San Francisco.

Curated by Hou Hanru, SFAIs Director of Public Programs and Exhibitions and a curator of global influence, the show features works created in the process of displacement, with contributions by French artists Claire Fontaine and Société Réaliste, Michael Arcega (Philippines), Carlos Motta (Colombia), and Switzerland's Ursula Biemann.

Prior to the opening of the exhibition on February 24 at SFAI, swissnex San Francisco invited Ursula Biemann to give an in-depth presentation of her work, including Sahara Chronicle, a video collection documenting the present Saharan exodus to Europe. Curator Hou Hanru gave an introduction to Biemanns presentation and lead a discussion with the artist to conclude the evening.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• migration
• geography
• video
• biemann
• gebodies
• sfai
• hou hanru
• swissnex
• san francisco