The Whitechapel presents Cornelia Parker's latest work – her interview with world-renowned writer and theorist Noam Chomsky. The exhibition will ne on view from 13 February to 30 March 2008.
Cornelia Parker's new film Chomskian Abstract, 2007, sees the great thinker and Nobel Prize winner discussing the environment and globalisation. The exhibition is presented in partnership with Friends of the Earth, who are encouraging visitors to pose their own questions about the state of the world. These questions will form part of an installation at the Whitechapel and used to provide inspiration for a one-day event on Saturday 29 March, bringing together a host of artists, thinkers and activists to explore the issues raised.
Cornelia Parker's 40 minute film presents her interview with Noam Chomsky. By answering Parker's questions Chomsky addresses the failings of government, corporations, institutions and the media to take responsibility for the ecological safety of our planet. He urges us to take responsibility, change our lifestyles and bring about socio-economic change.
Cornelia Parker has said there is an ever-increasing chance that the planet may not be able to sustain human life by the end of this century, but her work prompts reflections on collective responsibilities and the possible solutions.
Also on show are the artist's Poison and Antidote Drawings, 2004, featuring black ink containing snake venom and white ink containing anti venom. The format of the drawings reflect the question and answer fomat of the interview with Chomsky.
This powerful theme inspired the Poisons and Antidotes event on Saturday 29 March which will explore some of the environmental measures suggested by Friends of the Earth and others. The one-day event will mark the end of the exhibition and bring together artists, thinkers and activists to answer questions raided by visitors to the exhibition.
The exhibition and event launch a collaboration between the Whitechapel and Friends of the Earth that will explore responses in the visual arts to environmental issues.
Tony Juniper, Friends of the Earth Executive Director, said; 'Many of the themes addressed in Cornelia Parker's film resonate with the work of Friends of the Earth. But the piece also stimulates us to think about the empowering nature of enquiry. With our involvement in this exhibition we hope to inspire people to ask their own questions about the state of the world and get them thinking about the solutions. Our one-off Poisons and Antidotes event on Saturday 29 March will give the public a chance to hear the answers offered by some of Britain's most exciting thinkers and doers.' -- www.whitechapel.org
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