We are delighted to premier Divisive Moments - an exhibition by artist and curator Gordon MacDonald, using material drawn from the extensive UFO Photo Archive.
Featuring over 400 lecture slides and index cards, documents and research materials, the exhibition includes notorious abduction case studies such as Contact: The Billy Meier Phenomenon (1978) and UFO Abduction at Botucatu - the report of a repeated abduction of a Brazilian man, João Valério da Silva and his eldest son which features photographs ‘taken’ by their alien abductors and an alien language tape recording.
The images, documents and objects prompt many questions: are we visited, on a regular basis, by alien beings traveling in strange interstellar craft? Or have vast numbers of people decided to make complex and life-altering fictions supporting the existence of such beings and technology? Both possibilities are equally intriguing and remain divisive. As neither is provable through photographic process or analysis, the photographs here occupy a grey area, being truth and fiction, hard evidence and magnificent fabrication.
In collaboration with Krakow Photomonth Festival 2017
As part of Conspiracy Week
Conspiracy Week (10-19 Feb 2017) is a festival of exhibitions, projects, talks and events exploring current debates around conspiracy theories and contemporary culture
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Conspiracy Week Events
11 February:
Gordon MacDonald in conversation with John Dunning
12 February:
Mirage Men: How the US Government created a myth that took over the world. Preceded by an introduction by Mark Pilkington, author of Mirage Men.
14 February:
How Did We Get Here? From Rational Paranoia to the Post Truth Conspiracist President, led by Clare Birchall, author of Knowledge Goes Pop: From Conspiracy Theory to Gossip and King’s College lecturer.
15 February:
Who Believes In Conspiracy Theories? led by Dr Hugo Drochon, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CRASSH Conspiracy and Democracy Research Project. Wednesday 15 February
16 February:
Artist talk and screening of Jennet Thomas' Return Of The Black Tower and Richard Grayson's Magpie Index.