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The Falklands Project, patagonian giants, penguins and landmines

Date uploaded: January 29, 2014

TAAK presents:

The Falklands Project, patagonian giants, penguins and landmines
by Jasmijn Visser

on Thursday 13th February 2014 at 19:30

In March 2013, Jasmijn Visser and photographer Peter Lipton undertook a research expedition to the Falkland Islands. There, they investigated how political world powers have shaped both the political and social landscape of this group of islands since they were first discovered. Their expedition resulted in The Falklands Project, comprising a website, a symposium and a conflict atlas. Jasmijn Visser reconstructs the Falklands conflict, drawing on writings, archive material, photos and drawings, shedding new light on a precarious history from a contemporary perspective.

TAAK is organising a programme about The Falklands Project and to launch it’s website on Thursday 13th February 2014.

With guest speakers:

  • Tristan Mostert, historian and curator, provides a context for the Dutch expedition of 1600 when much of the world was uncharted territory, geese still grew on trees, and giants roamed Patagonia.
  • Jasmijn Visser gives a performative lecture, taking us on a voyage through the history of the Falkland Islands and the website.
  • Jolle Demmers is professor and founder of the Centre for Conflict Studies (CCS) at the University of Utrecht. She reflects on The Falklands Project and discusses the spacial turn in violent conflict.

Start: 19:30; location: TAAK, Frans de Wollantstraat 82, 1018 SC Amsterdam, The Netherlands; beer/ soda: € 2,00, wine € 2,50; spoken language: English; no need to register.

The Falklands Project is part of The Ultraperipheric, Here and Elsewhere commissioned by TAAK and Land Art Contemporary and supported Mondriaanfonds, Stichting Theodora Niemeyer Fonds, Land Art Contemporary and SKOR. Four artists were dispatched to peripheral areas to investigate the dynamic interaction between man and landscape. The Falklands Project is a co-production between Jasmijn Visser and design-duo Metahaven.

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'MINEFIELD 8 STANLEY' Since the Falkland War 30 years ago 20 000 anti personel mines and 5 000 anti vehicle mines remain in Falkland soil over about 120 minefields. The United Kingdom is obligated to clear them by the Ottawa Treaty. Since 2010 Zimbabwean

'MINEFIELD 8 STANLEY' Since the Falkland War 30 years ago 20 000 anti personel mines and 5 000 anti vehicle mines remain in Falkland soil over about 120 minefields. The United Kingdom is obligated to clear them by the Ottawa Treaty. Since 2010 Zimbabwean