Announcement: Zones of Conflict opening reception, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 6-8pm at Pratt Manhattan Gallery

Please join us at Pratt Manhattan Gallery for the opening of
Zones of Conflict, guest curated by TJ Demos, on Tuesday, November 18,
6-8pm

"Zones of Conflict"
November 19-February 7, 2009
Pratt Manhattan Gallery
144 West 14th Street, 2nd floor
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11am-6pm
Opening Reception: 6-8pm Tuesday, November 18

Guest-curated by T.J. Demos

Photographic and video-based artworks that focus on contemporary
war-particularly in the Middle East-and that deploy multiple artistic
approaches, including those that document experiences that fall below the
radar of the mass media, and others that throw documentation into crisis.

Artists:
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad (Iraq), Sam Durant (U.S.A.), Andrea Geyer
(Germany/U.S.A.) and Simon J. Ortiz (Acoma Nation - U.S.A.), Joana
Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige (Lebanon), Thomas Hirschhorn
(Switzerland), Emily Jacir (Palestine), Lamia Joreige (Lebanon), An-My L
(U.S.A.), The Atlas Group in collaboration with Walid Raad
(Lebanon/U.S.A.), Ahlam Shibli (Palestine), Sean Snyder (U.S.A.), Hito
Steyerl (Germany), Guy Tillim (South Africa)

There will be a free public symposium in conjunction with the exhibition:
"Image Wars: Rethinking Documentary Practice During Global Crisis"
Moderated by T.J. Demos, guest curator, Zones of Conflict
Pratt Manhattan
Room 213, adjacent to the gallery
Friday, January 30, 2009 at 2pm

All events are free and open to the public.

For more information please visit www.pratt.edu/exhibitions

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