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The Impossible Remembering in Walid Raad's Artwork “Secrets in the Open Sea” (1994/2004)
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Author(s): Ksenija Krapivina (Goldsmiths University of London, UK)
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 16
Source title:
Handbook of Research on the Relationship Between Autobiographical Memory and Photography
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mark Bruce Nigel Ingham (London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, UK), Nela Milic (London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, UK), Vasileios Kantas (University of West Attica, Greece), Sara Andersdotter (University for the Creative Arts, Sweden)and Paul Lowe (London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5337-7.ch026
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Abstract
Walid Raad engages with the traumatic events of the Lebanese war (1975–1990) in a personal and poetic way in his artwork 'The Atlas Group: Secrets in the Open Sea' (1994/2004). He repeatedly calls it a document exploiting the inherent traits of the photographic media, and elaborate storytelling to expose the gap between verification and comprehension of historical knowledge. The possibility of verifying this artwork as a document shatters quickly under the inquisitive gaze of a spectator; yet reading it in relation to the ethical understanding of history, as expressed in the philosophical works of Giorgio Agamben, reinstates Raad's work as an ethical platform.
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