Exhibition

Edmund Clark: War of Terror

28 Jul 2016 – 28 Aug 2017

Regular hours

Thursday
10:00 – 18:00
Friday
10:00 – 18:00
Saturday
10:00 – 18:00
Sunday
10:00 – 18:00
Monday
10:00 – 18:00
Tuesday
10:00 – 18:00
Wednesday
10:00 – 18:00

Cost of entry

Free

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Imperial War Museum

London, United Kingdom

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A thought-provoking exhibition bringing together several series of work by artist-photographer Edmund Clark, exploring the hidden experiences of state control during the 'Global War on Terror'.

About

Looking at issues of security, secrecy, representation and legality, Edmund Clark: War of Terror focuses on the measures taken by states to protect their citizens from the threat of terrorism, and the far-reaching effects of such methods of control.

The show brings together several series of Clark's work including images and documents of CIA operated secret prisons or 'black sites', photographs from the detention camps at Guantanamo Bay, correspondence from around the world sent to a British detainee in Guantanamo that was transformed by the censorship and intervention of the US military, and the experience of a 'controlled person' who was placed in a house in suburban England under the restrictive conditions of a control order – a form of house arrest or detention without trial – introduced in 2005.

An immersive experience, the exhibition uses sound, moving images and large multi-media installations as well as photographs and documents to invoke a sensory engagement with the experiences of observation, detention and disorientation induced by the systems of control Clark explores.

CuratorsToggle

Hilary Roberts

Exhibiting artistsToggle

Edmund Clark

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