For our March event, 2P Contemporary Art Gallery and Diorama Projects have invited writer and editor Doretta Lau to present Memory Destroys – Photographs in the Work of W.G. Sebald, a discussion on the writings of W.G. Sebald.
In her 2000 essay on W.G. Sebald A Mind in Mourning Susan Sontag asked ‘Is literary greatness still possible?... One of the few answers available to English language readers is the work of W.G. Sebald.” W.G. Sebald (1944-2001) was Professor of European Literature at the University of East Anglia and won a series of major awards for his fiction, including the Berlin Literature Prize and the Heinrich Heine Prize. Since his untimely death, his novels The Emigrants, The Rings of Saturn, Vertigo and Austerlitz, published in translation, and other works have continued to be the subject of seminars and conferences and tributes such as artist Jeremy Millar’s A Firework for W.G. Sebald, and Grant Gee’s recently premiered film essay Patience (After Sebald). Memory Destroys – Photographs in the Work of W.G. Sebald will be led by Doretta Lau and considers the author’s sublime use of photographs in his works, described by Susan Sontag as ‘an exquisite index of the pastness of the past’.
Doretta Lau is a writer and editor living in Hong Kong. She contributes to Artforum, LEAP, The Wall Street Journal, SCMP, Sing Tao and Crave, and is a former Arts & Culture Editor for HK Magazine and a former Arts Writer for Time Out Hong Kong. In 2007, she received her MFA from the Writing Division, School of the Arts at Columbia University. She has a BA in English Literature and BFA in Creative Writing from The University of British Columbia. Prior to moving to Hong Kong, she was an editorial assistant for the literary annual NOON. Currently, she is working on a collection of short stories.
DIORAMA PROJECTIONS
MEMORY DESTROYS – PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE WORK OF W.G. SEBALD
Time and Date:
Saturday 26 March 2011
4.00pm
Location:
2P Contemporary Art Gallery
Shop 5, G/F, 6-20 Po Tuck Street
Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong
Gallery hours Mon - Fri: 13:00 - 19:00
Admission to all screenings is free. Reservation is essential given limited seating. For reservations, please email info@2p-gallery.com or info@dioramaprojects.org. Seats will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.
About DIORAMA PROJECTIONS
DIORAMA PROJECTIONS consists of a series of free monthly screenings curated by Davina Lee, showcasing the video and photographic work of new and established artists and filmmakers. Presenting a varied and eclectic programme of videos, slide show presentations and documentaries DIORAMA PROJECTIONS will provide a unique and informal opportunity to see the work of new and established contemporary artists and filmmakers. Whenever possible, artists and filmmakers will either be present or will be available to interact with the audience directly through an internet video connection.
About DIORAMA PROJECTS
DIORAMA PROJECTS was established in Hong Kong in 2008 by Davina Lee as the exhibition and events division of Words For Pictures Limited.
The objective of DIORAMA PROJECTS is to identify, develop and realize unique projects that will stimulate artistic and cultural exchange and collaboration. DIORAMA PROJECTS seeks to provide physical and virtual spaces for groundbreaking work from new and established artists. Previous projects include the exhibitions Simulated Alternate Realities, 2010, at 1a space, Hong Kong, Chroniques Hongkongaises, part of Festival Voies Off, Arles, July, 2010, Proxemics, Hong Kong, October 2009, The Mother of All Journeys, Hong Kong, September 2009 and Distance Decay, part of Festival Voies Off, Arles, 2009. At the core of each project is the desire to engage audiences at all levels, from passive observation to active critical debate. www.dioramaprojects.org
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