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Critical Voices 3 - Press Centre
| Public lecture by David Levi Strauss - May 2nd, 2006 |
As part of the Arts Council’s Critical Voices 3 programme, David Levi Strauss, US photography critic and author, will give a public lecture on photography and politics. This lecture will be titled Breakdown in the Gray Room: Reconsidering Images from Abu Ghraib and will be held in the Irish Film Institute at 5.00pm on Thursday 25 May.
David Levi Strauss is a writer and critic based in New York, where his essays and reviews appear regularly in Artform and Aperture. He is the author of Between the Eyes: Essays on Photography & Politics, with an introduction by John Berger, Between Dog & Wolf: Essays on Art & Politics and Broken Wings: The Legacy of Landmines (with photography by Bobby Neel Adams), among other books.
In his introduction to Between the Eyes, John Berger wrote, “Strauss, who is a poet and storyteller as well as being a renowned commentator on photography … looks at photography very hard … and comes face-to-face with the unexplained. Again and again. The unexplained that he encounters has only little to do with the mystery of art and everything to do with the mystery of countless lives being lived.”
Luc Sante meanwhile has written, “David Levi Strauss brings an eloquent and deep moral seriousness to his examination of photography. Again and again he makes the ringing point that trying to separate aesthetics and politics can only result in vacuity. He is photography’s troubled conscience.”
After the lecture, David Levi Strauss will sign copies of his book, Between the Eyes: Essays on Photography & Politics.
Critical Voices 3
Critical Voices is the Arts Council’s biennial programme of public debate about art, culture and ideas. This year’s programme turns the spotlight onto the artist and society, and reflects current international intellectual debate.
In total Critical Voices 3 will consist of over 30 visits to Ireland by international artists, writers, thinkers and commentators on culture, taking place between now and December. Speakers will include figures whose work and interests cross cultural, national and linguistic boundaries and who explore a variety of genres. The programme is curated by journalist and critic Helen Meany in collaboration with a wide range of Irish arts organisations.
The programme’s media sponsor is The Irish Times.
Event Details
Date: Thursday 25 May
Time: 5.00pm
Venue: IFI Cinema, Dublin 2
Admission to this event is free. For booking and information, telephone 01-6714654 (Gallery of Photography) or email gallery@irishphotography.com.
Further Information on Critical Voices 3
For full biographical notes on participating speakers, further information on all events and updates on future events, see the website www.criticalvoices.ie.
Please note that all programme details may be subject to alteration.
For Media Information on Critical Voices 3
For all Critical Voices 3 press related queries, please contact:
Stephanie Dickenson at Kate Bowe PR.
Tel: 01 671 3672
E-mail: steph@katebowepr.ie
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