Peacock is the leading contemporary visual arts organisation in Aberdeen and the NE of Scotland, bringing artists and the public together through exhibitions‚ events‚ talks‚ residencies‚ film screenings‚ gigs and workshops to make and present art in exciting and innovative ways.
Black Sea Files - video installation by Ursula Biemann
30 July 2007
With this video installation on the politics of oil in the Caspian region, Swiss artist, theorist and curator Ursula Biemann connects those local developments to the global economy, which Aberdeen plays such a pivotal role in.
The Black Sea Files is an artistic investigation into the Caspian oil geography and encounter with oil workers, famers, refugees and prostitutes who live along the new Baku- Tbilisi - Ceyhan pipeline.
- Preview Night, Friday 29 June, 6 - 8 pm. Admission free, all welcome.
- Artist's Talk by Ursula Biemann: Saturday 30 June, 2pm. Admission free, all welcome.
