A Talk by Amar Kanwar
A Talk by Amar Kanwar
This programme is exclusively available to Festival Pass and Day Pass holders. Admission is limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
Known for his critical engagement with, and his poetic approach to, the politics of power, truth, and evidence, Amar Kanwar has long utilised documentary and archival materials in his work. His multilayered films explore the often-imperfect nature of knowledge and experience; with lyrical generosity, they offer ways with which we could reset and navigate within their limits.
In this forty-five minute talk, conducted in English, the artist will speak on his decades-long artistic practice and his enduring interest in time. Accompanied by images and elements from films such as A Night of Prophecy (2002) and installations such as The Lightning Testimonies (2007), The Torn First Pages (2004–2008), The Sovereign Forest (2012), and Such a Morning (2017), Kanwar presents learnings from his experiments with time and image-making over the years.
The talk will be followed by a dialogue between the artist and the audience, moderated in English by M+ Curator of Moving Image Chanel Kong.
About the Director
Amar Kanwar (b. 1964, India) has distinguished himself through films and multimedia works which explore the politics of power, violence, and justice. His multilayered installations originate in narratives often drawn from zones of conflict and are characterised by a unique poetic approach to the personal, social, and political.
Portrait of Amar Kanwar. Photo by Monica Tewary
Image at top: Amar Kanwar. Such a Morning, 2017. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.