Shadow Sites II

Al-Ani, Jananne and Deville, Noski (2011) Shadow Sites II. [Film]

Creators:
Al-Ani, Jananne and Deville, Noski
Description/Abstract:

Noski Deville continues her collaboration as Director of Photography with artist Jananne Al-Ani, on the second film in the trilogy, Aesthetics of Disappearance: A Land Without People, focusing on the relationship of the apparently empty landscapes of the Middle East to the region's history of conflict.The powerful topographic aerial imagery is shot using large format, high resolution, HD photographic camera equipment using light aircraft. Taking the aerial vantage point of archaeological and military surveys Al-Ani’s dessert views expose a very different viewpoint of the land. Shadow Sites II seemingly bores into the landscape as one image slowly dissolves into another, reaching down deep into a substrate of diverse histories.These ‘shadow sites’, only visible from the air and at certain times of day reveal the past while inextricably linking it to the present.

Item Type:
Art/Design Item
Other Contributors:
Adrian Warren (aerial specialist)
Date:
2011
Copyright Holders:
Jananne Al-Ani
Material:
HD
Measurements or Duration:
8 minutes 35 seconds
Funders:
Abraaj Capital Art Prize 2011
Locations / Venues:
Location
From Date
To Date
'She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World' group exhibition, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., USA
8 April 2016
31 July 2016
Jananne Al-Ani solo exhibition, Excavations at the Hayward Gallery, London, UK
5 March 2014
11 May 2014
Sharjah Biennial 11, United Arab Emirates
13 March 2013
13 May 2013
'Shadow Sites: all our relations', 18th Biennale of Sydney, Australia
27 June 2012
16 September 2012
Recent Work by Jananne Al-Ani, Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, uSA
25 August 2012
10 February 2013
'Light from the Middle East: New Photography' group exhibition, V&A, London, UK
November 2012
April 2013
Groundwork (solo exhibition), Beirut Art Center, Lebanon
6 April 2013
54th Venice Biennale 2011, Italy
4 June 2011
27 November 2011
‘Topographies de la Guerre’ group exhibition, Le Bal, France
17 September 2011
18 December 2011
Abraaj Capital Art Prize, Dubai 2011
2011
Projects or Series:
The Aesthetics of Disappearance: A Land without People
Additional Information:

Collection SFMOMA
Jointly owned by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Accessions Committee Fund purchase) and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Schools:
School of Film, Media & Performing Arts
Related URLs:
Depositing User:
Noski Deville
Date Deposited:
26 Jan 2018 09:22
Last Modified:
01 Mar 2022 08:44
Art/Design Categories:
Film
URI:
https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/2632

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