Harun Farocki: Consider Labour | Panel Discussion & Preview

About

Cooper Gallery invites you to the preview of Harun Farocki: Consider Labour, the first major exhibition in Scotland of significant works by pioneering filmmaker Harun Farocki (1944-2014).

A panel discussion will start the evening followed by a chance to view the exhibition and a drinks reception.

The discussion will reflect on the abiding potency of Farocki’s endeavour and its pertinence in critically engaging with the politics and representation of labour under capitalism today.

Chaired by curator Sophia Yadong Hao, the panel will include artist and curator Antje Ehmann who has initiated and produced the project Labour in a Single Shot in collaboration with Harun Farocki, writer and organiser layla-roxanne hill, and curator Prof. Sarah Perks.

Schedule

Doors open: 5.45pm
Panel discussion: 6–7pm 
Exhibition viewing and drinks reception: 7–9pm 

Booking

The event is free and open to all.
Book a seat for the panel discussion via Eventbrite. 
The exhibition preview and drinks reception is unticketed.

Speakers' Biographies

Antje Ehmann is a curator and artist based in Berlin. She studied literature, philosophy and media studies from 1988 to 1995, and worked with the team of the Duisburg Film Week and the International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen between 1992 and 1998. Ehmann married Harun Farocki in 2001. Ehmann curated numerous group and solo exhibitions in museums and galleries worldwide, together with Carles Guerra, Okwui Enwezor, Marius Babias amongst others. Ehmann is also co-editor of multiple books, including the volume Weimar Republic 1918-1933 in the German Research Foundation project History of Documentary Film in Germany (2000-2005). Ehmann has conducted workshops and exhibitions of the ongoing project Labour in a Single Shot in collaboration with Harun Farocki from 2011 to 2014, and since 2017, with Eva Stotz and Luis Feduchi. She was also involved in the production of the project as part of the Venice Biennale in 2013 and 2015. 

layla-roxanne hill is a writer, curator and organiser, living in Glasgow, Scotland. Her work focuses on anti-colonial cultural contributions, and the way our conditions move us to act. She is also active in the trade union movement, holding elected positions within the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the Scottish TUC (STUC). layla-roxanne is co-author of Black Oot Here: Black Lives in Scotland (Bloomsbury, 2022) and is a member of the Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) board.

Sarah Perks is an interdisciplinary curator and writer based in the Tees Valley working across a number of fields including contemporary art, design, science and film. She is Professor of Curating in the School of Arts and Creative Industries at Tees­side University, which includes international art gallery and museum MIMA. A specialist in relational curatorial strategy, her research focuses on interaction with socio-political and socio-economic issues including class, inclusivity and environmental concerns.  

One of Creative Review’s 50 Creative Leaders in 2017, Sarah has led major participation, performance and curatorial projects with international artists including Rosa Barba, Phil Collins, David Lynch, Rachel Maclean, Noorafshan Mirza & Brad Butler and Qasim Riza Shaheen. Sarah previous­ly held the position of Programme and Engagement Director at Cornerhouse (2008-2015) and the joint appointment of Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University and inaugural Artistic Director at HOME (2014-2019), Manchester.

Sa­rah has published over twenty essays and books across critical and creative writing, including Artists Moving Image in Britain Since 1989 (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art & Yale University Press, 2019). Sarah is a trustee of Alchemy Film & Arts (Hawick, Scotland) and Programme Advisor (Artist Moving Image) for the BFI London Film Festival.

Image credit

Cristián Silva-Avária, Concrete, Labour in a Single Shot. Rio de Janeiro, 2012. From Labour in a Single Shot by Antje Ehmann and Harun Farocki, 2013.