Trauma and Memory in the works of Kirk Palmer

Kirk Palmer, War’s End: An Island of Remembrance, 2012 (production still) War’s End: An Island of Remembrance is Kirk Palmer latest film installation which interrogates the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is the third film of a trilogy which began with the visually arresting piece Murmur in 2006 and Hiroshima in 2007 –…

Temporality in the work of David Claerbout

David Claerbout, Bordeaux Piece, 2004 Single channel video installation, 13 hours 43 min David Claerbout’s exhibition the time that remains is currently on display at the Parasol Unit in London. It is a wide-ranging, multifaceted and visually complex exhibition that requires the viewer to spend (as the title of the exhibition suggests) time with the…