War Diary
dal 14/7/2003 al 26/8/2003
Segnalato da
14/7/2003
War Diary
The Bread and Roses Pub, London
There are many wars, fought for many reasons, affecting many people in many different ways. War Diary is a personal record of a war experienced thousands of miles from the real thing. Live news footage brought war into the home and the images, plans and theories of war entered the domestic domain.
There are many wars, fought for many reasons, affecting many people in
many different ways. War Diary is a personal record of a war experienced
thousands of miles from the real thing. Live news footage brought war
into the home and the images, plans and theories of war entered the
domestic domain.
At home, on the TV, were images of the usually unseen. And the
previously impossible to see, night fighting, made visible through
infra-red technology in an unearthly haze of green - unreal reality TV.
The screened images are third hand experiences: what the camera man
recorded the producer edited to 60 seconds. Edited again these still
images of the war become disquietly unreal and strangely seductive, due
partly to the luminosity of the television screen. Colours are brighter
and more intense, mirroring the heightening experience of war. Images of
soldiers, high tech armour and fast jets in action are deceptively
alluring, reminiscent of a slick action movie. And then there is a small
boy, grinning with glee, shouldering an unexploded mortar round, flashed
for a fleeting moment across the screen. Now there is the correspondent
on the ground, then switch to the market report.
Witnessing the Iraq War raised an awareness of the contradiction of
watching war - macho, feral and destructive - in the home - familiar and
comfortable. Pictures of events with enduring consequences, seen across
the world by millions of people would, but for a few iconic images,
almost just as instantly be forgotten.
These photographs are a few intimate images of a war seen on a small
screen.
private view: Tuesday 15 July 7 - 9 pm
exhibition runs: 16 July - 26 August 2003
opening hours: Mon - Sat 12am - 11pm
Sun 12am - 10.30pm
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Image: Loren Beven, TWO MEN CHEERING
18 x 26 cms - 8" x 11" 4
photographic print
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