Orient Street Souvenirs by Ariane Severin
Time: 08 November 2010 10:00am - 14 January 2011 5:00pm
Place: The Arab British Centre
ORIENT STREET SOUVENIRS
Ariane Severin
Inspired by the experience of travel, both geographical and cultural, Orient Street Souvenirs is a reflection on the photograph as an object of longing and collecting with an emphasis on the Middle East.
The exhibition presents an anthology that is interpreted through travel related formats such as the guidebook, a projection piece and post cards. Streets named after Middle Eastern locations in London remap the city; cars wrapped in dust covers allude to clichés of an orient veiled in mystery; whilst images seized from the flow of television plot the projection of unfulfilled longing. An archive of fragments documenting juxtapositions of sign and place moving West to East, East to West.
Click here to view footage of the exhibition on BBC Persian.
VISITORS’ INFORMATION
8 - 12 November | 12 - 6pm
By Appointment | 15 November – 17 December EXTENDED UNTIL 14 JANUARY 2011
The Arab British Centre, 1 Gough Square, London EC4A 3DE
Admission Free
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