Entire Nations Are Built on Fairy Tales
Larissa Sansour and Søren Lind
On view February 4 – March 22, 2025
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Our focus is on presenting living artists, their ideas, experiments, and creative practices in the areas of media art, performance art, and emergent technologies, while critically examining these works in their social context. Our in-depth engagement with the temporary exhibitions and related public programming is based on the principle that artistic practice is an intellectual activity and works of art are a form of knowledge production. Furthermore, we believe that art is essential in society as it creates dialog, asks questions, and brings people together. At Emerson Contemporary we believe that art, in fact, can help change society.
what’s HAPPENING?
Film Screening + Artist Conversation
In the Future They Ate from the Finest Porcelain (2016) and Familiar Phantoms (2023).
Filmmakers Larissa Sansour and Søren Lind will be in conversation with Emerson Assistant Professor and Filmmaker Julia Halperin afterwards.
Event is co-presented with the RPM Film Festival and Salem Film Fest.
Tuesday, February 4, 7-9:30pm. Doors open at 6:30pm. Bright Family Screening Room, 559 Washington St. Boston, Ma, 02111
RSVP required for tickets: EVENTBRITE
Artist Reception + Gallery Talk
Join Larissa Sansour, Søren Lind and exhibition curator Dr. Leonie Bradbury in an informal conversation about their newest exhibition.
Wednesday, February 5, 5-7pm with gallery talk at 6pm.
Media Art Gallery, 25 Avery Street, Boston, Ma 02111
installation view, Amos Rex, Helsinki, 2024.
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