BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9898@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241003T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250131T160000 DTSTAMP:20240928T172658Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/exhibition-research-lab-ofri-cna ani-the-contactless-condition/ SUMMARY:John Lennon Art and Design Building: Exhibition Research Lab: Ofri Cnaani: The Contactless Condition DESCRIPTION:Ofri Cnaani: The Contactless Condition\n\nExhibition Research L ab\nOctober 3\, 2024 – January 31\, 2025\nQuiet Preview* October 3\, 5:0 0 – 6:00pm\nPublic Preview October 3\, 6:00 – 8:00pm\n\nThe gallery is open Monday – Friday\, 11:00am – 4:00pm.\n\n—\n\nExhibition Researc h Lab is delighted to present the first UK solo exhibition of artist and r esearcher Ofri Cnaani: The Contactless Condition\, curated by Or Tshuva.\n \n—\n\nOfri Cnaani is an artist\, educator\, and researcher working acro ss performance and media. Her art and writings explore connections between data and coloniality\, somatic knowledge in the age of network spatiality \, and performance as a critical technology practice. The Contactless Cond ition features four of her most recent projects created since 2020\, spann ing video\, sound\, and photographic installations\, alongside a rich publ ic programme of talks and performative workshops.\n\nAt the heart of the e xhibition is Leaking Lands\, a monumental three-channel video installation created as part of the artist’s recently completed PhD at Goldsmiths\, University of London. The video recounts the story of a devastating fire t hat destroyed two centuries’ worth of treasures in Brazil’s National M useum\, leaving almost no physical or digital trace of its building and co llection. The only way to now “visit” the museum is through digital re mains\, such as a photo collection contributed by WikiCommons users and a Google virtual tour. These digital fragments are used to perform a ‘digi tal séance\,’ negotiating new sites of techno-political struggles.\n\nA nother key work\, Ground Control: When The Horizon Becomes A Frontier\, is a video created in collaboration with astronaut Eytan Stibbe during his t ime at the International Space Station (ISS). This work offers a different type of virtual tour to a place one cannot visit – space. It reflects o n the politics of representing the ‘new space\,’ a rapidly developing techno-political arena undergoing accelerated privatisation turning it fro m a distant horizon\, into a new technological and economic frontier. Addi tional works include photographic and sound installations\, all of which j ointly explore human-machine-space relations while raising questions of ac cess\, power\, and tangibility.\n\n—\n\nOfri Cnaani’s work has been ex hibited internationally at institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum\, PS1 MoMA\, Tate Britain\, Venice Architecture Biennale\, BMW Guggenheim La b\, Amos Rex Museum\, Kunsthalle Wien\, and Kiasma Museum\, among others. She holds a PhD from the Visual Cultures department at Goldsmiths\, Univer sity of London\, where she also served as an associate lecturer. Currently \, she is a visiting scholar at the Institute of Visual Culture\, TU Wien\ , and a research fellow at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASC A)\, studying the ‘Networked Image.’\n\n—\n\n*Please note\, our even ts and projects are always open to all. However\, our Quiet Preview is for visitors of all ages who require reduced volume and reduced numbers of ot her visitors compared to our Public Preview. As such\, we may stagger entr y for visitors to ensure the gallery doesn’t become too crowded at any g iven time.\n\nIf you have any other access requirements\, then please cont act us and we will do our best to facilitate them. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2024/09/Ofri-Cnaani_2-1-1.png CATEGORIES:Exhibitions LOCATION:John Lennon Art and Design Building\, Duckinfield Street\, Liverpo ol\, L3 5RD\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.405426;-2.96999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Duckinfield Street\, Liverp ool\, L3 5RD\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=John Lennon Art and Design Building:geo:53.405426,-2.96999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR