BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.7//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10518@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20250320 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20250505 DTSTAMP:20250331T120732Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/open-eye-gallery-no-iconic-image s-views-of-war-2/ SUMMARY:Open Eye Gallery: Open Eye Gallery: No Iconic Images. Views of War DESCRIPTION:Open Eye Gallery is proud to announce the new exhibition No Ic onic Images\, in partnership with The Guardian and Magnum Photos. \n\n T he exhibition shows projects by the new generation of Magnum photographers \, Peter van Agtmael and Newsha Tavakolian\, who share their perspectives on the wars they witnessed and experienced in Iraq\, Afghanistan and Syria . \n It also visualises the decisions made by the Guardian’s journalis ts and editors when working with war photography today\, offering their vi ews of conflicts around the globe\, from Haiti to Myanmar.\n Forensic Arc hitecture and the Centre for Spatial Technologies present their investigat ion of the 2022 attack on Kyiv TV Tower\, while Yarema Malashchuk and Roma n Khimei challenge the Western aesthetic tradition in representations of t he dead.\n\nWhen we talk about war photography\, we often think of iconic images – photographs that shape how conflicts are perceived and remember ed. Some even influence political decisions and societal shifts. But could a single photograph stand for the whole? Are there iconic images today? D o they need to exist? What images of conflicts do we need? Do we believe i n what we see? There are so many questions to ask when talking about the r epresentations of war.\n\nMagnum Photos has established itself as a leadin g group of photographers who have created iconic images covering the confl icts of the 21st century. However\, warfare\, media and photography itself have changed significantly in the last decades. In this exhibition\, the new generation of Magnum photographers\, Peter van Agtmael and Newsha Tava kolian\, offer their perspectives on the wars they witnessed and experienc ed in Iraq\, Afghanistan and Syria. Their projects will be shown in Galler y 2.\n\nThe Guardian reports on major news worldwide 24/7\, with the best photojournalists offering their views of wars and conflicts around the glo be\, from Haiti to Myanmar. The exhibition in Gallery 1 visualises the dec isions made by journalists and editors when working with war photography t oday.\n\nFinally\, Gallery 3 shows how Forensic Architecture and the Centr e for Spatial Technologies scrupulously investigate a war event – the 20 22 attack on Kyiv TV Tower – while simultaneously revealing the profound narratives buried under the landscape.\n\nBalancing on the borderline bet ween photography and cinematography\, Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei c hallenge the Western aesthetic tradition and the modes in which representa tions of the dead operate within the public domain.\n\n“The exhibition N o Iconic Images. Views of War explores contemporary depictions of conflict . As the world burns and images circulate faster than ever\, it examines r ecent wars and how they are portrayed and reflected upon through photograp hy”. – Max Gorbatskyi and Viktoria Bavykina\, exhibition curators.\n\ nThe exhibition will be accompanied by a one-day Symposium on War Photogr aphy. The symposium will bring together experts in photography and media from the UK and Europe. Through keynote presentations and panel discussion s\, the participants will explore the historical perspective and most rece nt practices of working with photography to talk about conflicts. The symp osium will take place on 1 May\, at Open Eye Gallery – more informatio n to follow soon.\n\nGuardian Media Group is amongst the world’s leadin g media organisations. Its core business is Guardian News &\; Media (GN M)\, publisher of theguardian.com\, one of the largest English-speaking q uality news websites in the world.\n\nIn the UK\, Guardian Media Group pub lishes the Guardian newspaper six days a week\, first published in 1821. S ince launching its US and Australian digital editions in 2011 and 2013\, r espectively\, traffic from outside of the UK now represents around two-thi rds of the Guardian’s total digital audience. The Guardian also has an i nternational digital edition and a new European edition that launched in 2 023.\n\nMagnum Photos is a cooperative of acclaimed\, independent photogr aphers who share an ongoing commitment to documenting world events\, peopl e\, places\, daily life and culture. Founded in 1947\, Magnum Photos has b een telling stories of the past\, defining the present\, and shaping the f uture through photography for over 77 years\, united by its values of unco mpromising excellence\, truth\, respect and independence. With more than 6 .6 million followers across the internet\, and a rolling program of museum shows\, exhibitions\, and events across the globe\, Magnum photographers continue to inspire a growing worldwide audience. Find out more at magnum photos.com.\n\nForensic Architecture is a research agency based at Goldsm iths\, University of London. Our mandate is to develop\, employ\, and diss eminate new techniques\, methods\, and concepts for investigating state an d corporate violence. Our team includes architects\, software developers\, filmmakers\, investigative journalists\, scientists\, and lawyers.\n\nThe Center for Spatial Technologies (CST) is a Ukrainian multidisciplinary r esearch organisation. Blending architecture\, computer science and the hum anities\, they investigate cities’ past\, present\, and future.\n\nRoman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk. Collaborating at the edge of visual art an d cinema since 2016\, Kyiv-based artists and filmmakers\, Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk graduated as cinematographers from the Institute of Scr een Arts in Kyiv\, Ukraine. Focusing on the role of the extra\, their work s engage with imperialist mythologies. They were awarded the main award of the PinchukArtCentre Prize (2020) and VISIO Young Talent Acquisition Priz e (2021). Their film Explosions Near the Museum won the National Competiti on at the 15th Wiz-Art LIFF. Their short film Additional Scenes received t he National Award of Film Critics “Kinokolo” and the Best Short Award at the POFF Black Nights FF in the section Rebels with the Cause.\n\nOpen Eye Gallery is grateful for the support and collaboration from Getty Image s\, Agence France-Presse\, Associated Press and Reuters.\n\nRaymond and hi s sons. Darien\, Wisconsin\, USA\, 2007 © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Phot os ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2025/03/AGP_004-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Exhibitions LOCATION:Open Eye Gallery\, Mann Island\, Liverpool Waterfront\, Liverpool\ , L3 1BP\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.40423;-2.994412 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Mann Island\, Liverpool Wat erfront\, Liverpool\, L3 1BP\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=1 00;X-TITLE=Open Eye Gallery:geo:53.40423,-2.994412 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR