I See Infinite Distance Between Any Point and Another is an intimate portrait of poet, painter and philosopher Etel Adnan. Central to the film, made largely in her Paris apartment, is a reading of extracts from her recently published poem The Sea. The sound of Adnan’s voice and the quiet but ever present ambient noise in her apartment create a film with a powerful, meditative atmosphere. This new film follows Hydra Decapita (2010), which explored the Atlantic slave trade, as the second part of a trilogy reflecting on water as a source of political and cultural power. Recognised as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary art, The Otolith Group has exhibited world wide and was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2010. This is an audio recording of the Otolith Group in conversation with Honor Harger, director of Lighthouse during the opening of I See Infinite Distance Between Any Point and Another. Below is a short film made for the gallery, which features Kodwo Eshun from The Otolith Group giving some insight into the new piece. The film also gives the context in which the piece was commissioned. It was made by Ben Harding.
The exciting new work by The Otolith Group and a newly commissioned interactive digital work by Invisible Flock brought to Brighton through a partnership between Brighton’s leading visual arts organisations: Fabrica, Lighthouse, Blast Theory, Photoworks, Brighton Festival and University of Brighton, Faculty of Arts. Together they are the selected works from the Voices of the Sea
commissions created in response to The Boat Project. The works are part of RELAY, contemporary art in the south east of England commissioned in response to London 2012.
Fabrica made a short film about the two projects -
During the Private View, Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun of The Otolith Group were in conversation with Honor Harger about I See Infinite Distance Between Any Point and Another We made an audio recording of the conversation which you can access here in this video.
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