Tim Girven presents a Clear Spot on the Chilean born artist Alfredo Jaar, whose show “The Politics of the Image” is currently running at the South London Gallery. Jaar discusses work from throughout his career, including the “Studies on Happiness” - undertaken during the Pinochet dictatorship; and “The Rwanda Project” - a succession of works over six years that attempt to address the enormity of genocide. With asides on poetry and Gramsci’s dictum “Pessismism of the intellect / Optimism of the will” plus lusophone music from the Angolan film project “Muxima,”(2005), tear yourselves from the screen and listen to this!
Tune in on Thursday 28th February at 8pm
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1 Dj Debbie // Mar 10, 2008 at 1:37 pm
This was a brilliant programme - i was looking forward to seeing the exhibition, fascinated by it and then this programme came up after mine. So well researched and such insight into how an artist makes a difference. Music that was new to me despite a wide african knowledge . Very sensitively presented with Tim’s knowledge getting the best from the interview with artist of great integrity.
2 unBLOGGED » Blog Archive » Odds/Ends // Mar 10, 2008 at 5:48 pm
[…] Alfredo Jaar has always been one of those far-reaching artists. He deals primarily within the delicate cracks of the socio/political in his work. I met him years ago while he was showing at the Hirschhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden. He took my picture for a project he was doing at the time. It had to have been before 1989 (I had “hair”). Now he’s being interviewed by one of my favorite radio programmes on the planet. In the coming month I will also debut on ResonanceFM (”The Art of Listening”) myself (tba). Enjoy. […]
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