David Cotterrell on Afghanistan (v)

A video interview conducted by the Wellcome Collection shortly after returning from a month long residency with the Joint Forces Medical Group in Helmand Province.

David Cotterrell's installation 'Theatre', part of the 'War and Medicine' exhibition at Wellcome Collection, was developed following his visit to the country in November 2007 with the help of the Ministry of Defence and the support of the Wellcome Trust. Here he discusses what he saw while in Afghanistan and how his understanding of war is much more complex - and unresolved - following his time there.

A transcript of this interview is available as a pdf document here.

Categories:

Interviews

Works:

9-Liner (v) , For Frank , Green Room (v) , Home Front , Serial Loop (v) , Theatre (v)

Exhibitions:

Aesthetic Distance, Krieg und Medizin, Machinic Alliances, War and Medicine

Publications:

Art in the Danger Zone, Krieg und Medizin, War and Medicine

Awards:

War & Medicine : War Artist Commission

Downloads:

David Cotterrell : Aesthetic Distance, Guardian G2 : Bloody Reality, Guardian G2 : War & Medicine Review, RSA Journal : Art and Conflict, RSA Lecture : Culture in a Time of Conflict, TimeOut : Military Responses, War and Medicine : Artists Diary, War and Medicine : Interview Transcript

News:

TheArtFund RUSI: Remembrance in a Modern Society - 10.03.10, Bearing witness: the role of war artists in the 21st century - 26.10.09, David Cotterrell : Kino Eye, Trauma - 20.11.15, Blavatnik Galleries at Imperial War Museum - 10.11.23

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