We are pleased to present ‘The Intelligence of Vanishing’, a screening programme curated by Yuhang Zhang, our 2022 PhD Scholar in ‘Advanced Practices’ at Goldsmiths, University of London. Bringing together moving-image works that explore scenes and narratologies of ‘vanishing’ in East Asia, the programme examines how our given sensibility of the ‘real’ is irrevocably lost in the sly plots of ‘bygones’.
From the investigatory bluntness and dramatisation of political assassination to the mundane and clandestine traces of assembly and discreteness, yet forever enticing, vanishing manifest as black holes, physical or cognitive, continually reshuffling the sensorial realms around them. This screening seeks to uncover the history and mechanisms of these black holes: in the silence within seeing, and in the blind spot of utterance.
The programme unfolds with AKA Dr Lecter, a performance lecture devised by Yuhang on East Asian urbanity and the abstract agency of evil. It is followed by the screening of works from Hsu Che-Yu, YAN Wai Yin, and Dan Li.
‘The Intelligence of Vanishing’ is part of Sine Screen’s ‘Vulnerable Histories’ season, a series of public events exploring the marginal histories of East and South East Asia and beyond.
Access Information
This event takes place on the ground floor with step-free access in our multi-purpose programme space, with a fully accessible, all-gender bathroom.
Please feel free to inquire with info@asymmetryart.org if you would like to discuss any access needs. Please kindly be advised that requests should be made one week in advance of the event, and we will try our best to make accommodations subject to availability.