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SUMMARY:CIDRAL Film Screening and Q&A: Larissa Sansour and Soren Lind: In
  the Future\, they Ate from the Finest Porcelain
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DESCRIPTION:This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2017 programme 'Precari
 ty'.\n\nLarissa Sansour and Soren Lind will be presenting their latest (
 2016) film In the Future\, they Ate from the Finest Porcelain. Sansour w
 ill also be speaking on her recent sculptural installation Archaeology i
 n Absentia.\n\nhttp://www.larissasansour.com/\n\nIn the Future\, They At
 e From the Finest Porcelain (2016)\nFilm\, photo and installation\n\nIn 
 the Future They Ate From the Finest Porcelain resides in the cross-secti
 on between sci-fi\, archaeology and politics. Combining live motion and 
 CGI\, the film explores the role of myth for history\, fact and national
  identity. \n\nA narrative resistance group makes underground deposits o
 f elaborate porcelain - suggested to belong to an entirely fictional civ
 ilisation. Their aim is to influence history and support future claims t
 o their vanishing lands. Once unearthed\, this tableware will prove the 
 existence of this counterfeit people. By implementing a myth of its own\
 , their work becomes a historical intervention - de facto creating a nat
 ion.\n\nThe film takes the form of a fictional video essay. A voice-over
  based on an interview between a psychiatrist and the female leader of t
 he narrative resistance group reveals the philosophy and ideas behind th
 e group's actions. The leader's thoughts on myth and fiction as constitu
 tive for fact\, history and documentary translate into poetic and scienc
 e fiction-based visuals.\nAs the film progresses\, the narrative and vis
 uals alternate between the theoretical and the personal. The resistance 
 leader's deceased twin sister makes a crucial appearance as the story ta
 kes the viewer deeper and deeper into the resistance leader's subconscio
 us.\n\nIn addition to the film\, the project comes with a photo series a
 nd a porcelain installation.\n\nArchaeology in Absentia (2016)\n20cm bro
 nze sculptures\n\nArchaeology in Absentia is a sculptural installation o
 f ten 20cm bronze munition replicas modelled on a small Cold War Russian
  nuclear bomb. Engraved on a disc inside each capsule are the coordinate
 s\, longitude and latitude\, to a deposit of hand-painted porcelain plat
 es with folkloric patterns buried in Palestine. With the porcelain itsel
 f absent from the installation\, the bomb shells and the references they
  hold represent the archaeological artefacts in absentia.\n\nThe coordin
 ates of each porcelain deposit are established during a real-life entomb
 ment performance taking place in Palestine. Ten deposits will be buried 
 strategically across Palestine/Israel\, in collaboration with local art 
 institutions. Carrying the iconic keffiyeh pattern\, these plates are de
 posited for future archaeologists to excavate. Once unearthed\, they wil
 l interfere with current versions of history and in effect cause a histo
 rical intervention.\n
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:G19\, Mansfield Cooper Building\, Manchester
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