Presentation
In the Wake of Ayotzinapa - Systemic Violence and Media Distortions in Mexico
In conjunction with her exhibition Images [and Talking Back to Them], artist and filmmaker Sara Eliassen has programmed two film nights with conversations at Kunstnernes Hus Cinema.
Night one of the program focuses on a seismic political incident in the more recent history of systemic violence in Mexico, when 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Normal Rural Teachers’ College disappeared in 2014. The film program presents works by artists, filmmakers and activists who have challenged official propaganda and media distortions in Mexico in the aftermath of the incident.
The screening features works by Colectivo Los Ingrávidos, Forensic Architecture and Teatro Ojo, and will be followed by a presentation by writer and researcher Irmgard Emmelhainz, author of The Tyranny of Common Sense: Mexico's Post-Neoliberal Conversion.
Images [and Talking Back to Them] is the final instalment of Mediating Uncertainties, Sara Eliassen’s PhD project in artistic research at the Academy of Fine Art. The project is made with additional support from Fritt Ord and Fond for lyd og bilde. Emmelhainz’ visit is a collaboration with Academy of Fine Art Open Lecture Series, and has also received support from The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Mexico.
https://kunstnerneshus.no/en/program/cinema/in-the-wake-of-ayotzinapa
Images [and Talking Back to Them] : Sara Eliassen
Exhibition and film program
Time: April 14- May 14 2023
Place: Kunstnernes Hus | Lower exhibition hall & Kunstnernes Hus Kino
https://kunstnerneshus.no/en/program/exhibitions/sara-eliassen