Landed Histories: Ecology, Power and Politics in Digital and Lens-based Practices

Photography and film lend themselves to storytelling, and have long been used to establish visual architectures of power. How are artists thinking through image-led media to disrupt established histories? How do digital cultures enable engagement with the political and poetic realities contained in land, and embodied by nature?

 

The day begins with a keynote lecture from art historian Salar Mameni, followed by panels of presentations and discussion with artists and academics Morehshin Allahyari, Adam Rouhana, Özlem Köksal, Jawa El Khash and Hrair Sarkissian. In between, artist Zahra Malkani will lead a listening session from her audio archive.

 

The full programme is available for download.

 

Landed Histories celebrates the opening of the Jameel Prize: Moving Images exhibition and Speculations on Capture, a new commission by Morehshin Allahyari.

Image: Adam Rouhana, Lifta , 2023, courtesy of the artist