[Reader-list] Lisson Gallery - The Otolith Group

[Anjalika Sagar]

Dear All,

You are invited to attend the premier screening of Otolith II at the
Lisson Gallery in London on Friday the 21st of September at 7.30pm.
See flyer for more details and below.


Otolith I, 2003, represents a poetic meditation on diverse histories of
collective struggle. Shots of recent anti-war protests in London are
intercut with historical footage that glimpses the optimistic socialism
of India?s Non-Aligned Movement. Narrated by an imagined future
descendant of Sagar's during a coming space age when the human species
will have adapted to non-gravitational living, the film looks back on
the catastrophe that is our present, which nonetheless bears the traces
of hopeful potential. By constructing defamiliarizing montages of sound
and image, The Otolith Group--taking their name from the small particle
of the middle ear which helps maintain orientation and
balance--creatively recalibrates our relation to reality.

Its sequel, Otolith II, 2007, focuses on modernity?s aftermath in India,
exploring the country's legacy of twentieth-century utopian projects.
The film-essay juxtaposes scenes of contemporary Chandigarh, Corbusier's
ideal city and erstwhile symbol of Nehru's secular rationalism, with
Bombay's mega-slum; yet unexpectedly it avoids telling the familiar tale
of progressive failure: current-day India prefigures both a coming
planetary impoverishment as well as a model of creative survival within
informal architectures and adaptive urban living.

Best Wishes

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Anjalika Sagar
The Otolith Group
42 Osbaldeston Road
Stoke Newington
London N16 7DR
T : 0044 (0) 207 502 0137
F : 0044 (0) 207 502 1125
M : 0044 (0)7894 744 317

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Current Exhibitions - Performances - Symposiums


DESTROY ATHENS
THE ATHENS BIENNIAL
The Otolith Group with The Owl's Legacy
Opening Sept 9th 2007
www.athensbiennial.org

IMAGINE ACTION
Special Screening Otolith II - Sept 21th
Curated by Emily Pethick
The Lisson Gallery
London, UK
Ricardo Basbaum, Luca Frei, Melanie Gilligan, Dan Graham,
Henriette Heise, Judith Hopf, Gareth Jones, Runo Lagomarsino,
The Otolith Group, Falke Pisano, Josephine Pryde, Florian
Pumhosl, Pia Ronicke,Deborah Schamoni, Althea Thauberger,
Haegue Yang.
Opening July 4th 2007
www.lissongallery.com

DOCUMENTA 12
DOCUMENTA MAGAZINES
The Otolith Group Magazine
MULTITUDES GUERRILLA NEWS
Event 2nd August @ 1pm - Documenta Halle
Harun Farocki in Conversation with The Otolith Group

YOU HAVE NOT BEEN HONEST
Curated by Polly Staple
Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina (Madre)
Naples, Italy
With The Otolith Group, Ryan Gander, Pablo Bronstein, Simon Martin,
Phil Collins and more..
May 4th - October 1st 2007
http://www.britishcouncil.org/es/arts-art-photography-video.htm

PREMIERE OF OTOLITH II
Produced by ARGOS Centre of Art and Media, Kunstfestival des Arts,
Brussels and If I Cant Dance IICD, Amsterdam
May 14th 2007
FOR FULL DETAILS VISIT THE SITE BELOW
http://www.argosarts.org/articles.do?id=333

OTOLITH II
CASCO PROJECTS
May 17th
Presented by Haus N/D Werf Utrecht and IICD (If I Can't Dance... )
http://www.cascoprojects.org