Photographer Richard Mosse has spent the last two years shooting a new series of work titled Infra in the eastern Congo. The artist is known for his restrained and highly aestheticized views of sites associated with violence and fear, such as his 2008 depictions of the war in Iraq, and his large-scale photographs of airplane crash sites and emergency drills. For his work in the Congo, Mosse used Kodak Aerochrome, an infrared film designed in connection with the United States military to detect camouflage in the 1940s. The film reveals a spectrum of light beyond what the human eye can perceive, turning the lush landscape of the Congo into a bubblegum pink. This hue contrasts dramatically with the severe environment within which the people of the eastern Congo live and draws our attention to the complex social and political dynamics of the country. Beginning in 1998, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) became the site of the widest interstate war in modern African history, which has claimed millions of lives. Although the conflict was thought to have subsided in 2006, with the first free elections, thousands continue to die as a result of the ongoing conflict, most due to hunger and disease.
Richard Mosse (b. 1980, Dublin, Ireland) received his MFA from Yale University, an MRes in Cultural Studies from the London Consortium, and a BA in English Literature from Kings College, London. He also received a postgraduate diploma in fine art from Goldsmiths, University of London. He has had solo exhibitions at the Fotofest 2010 Biennial, Houston, TX; the Eigse Arts Festival, Carlow, Ireland (2009); and Derby University (2007), among others. He received a Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing and Visual Arts in 2008. His work is included in the collections of the Musee d'Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and the Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO.
As the Spring 2012 Falk Visiting Artist at the Weatherspoon and the Art Department at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Mosse will present a lecture and gallery talk on his work and participate in MFA graduate student critiques.
The exhibition is organized by Xandra Eden, Curator of Exhibitions. Special thanks to Assistant Professor of Art, Sarah Martin, and the 2010/11 Falk Visiting Artist Committee.
Photographer Richard Mosse has spent the last two years shooting a new series of work titled Infra in the eastern Congo. The artist is known for his restrained and highly aestheticized views of sites associated with violence and fear, such as his 2008 depictions of the war in Iraq, and his large-scale photographs of airplane crash sites and emergency drills. For his work in the Congo, Mosse used Kodak Aerochrome, an infrared film designed in connection with the United States military to detect camouflage in the 1940s. The film reveals a spectrum of light beyond what the human eye can perceive, turning the lush landscape of the Congo into a bubblegum pink. This hue contrasts dramatically with the severe environment within which the people of the eastern Congo live and draws our attention to the complex social and political dynamics of the country. Beginning in 1998, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) became the site of the widest interstate war in modern African history, which has claimed millions of lives. Although the conflict was thought to have subsided in 2006, with the first free elections, thousands continue to die as a result of the ongoing conflict, most due to hunger and disease.
Richard Mosse (b. 1980, Dublin, Ireland) received his MFA from Yale University, an MRes in Cultural Studies from the London Consortium, and a BA in English Literature from Kings College, London. He also received a postgraduate diploma in fine art from Goldsmiths, University of London. He has had solo exhibitions at the Fotofest 2010 Biennial, Houston, TX; the Eigse Arts Festival, Carlow, Ireland (2009); and Derby University (2007), among others. He received a Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing and Visual Arts in 2008. His work is included in the collections of the Musee d'Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and the Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO.
As the Spring 2012 Falk Visiting Artist at the Weatherspoon and the Art Department at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Mosse will present a lecture and gallery talk on his work and participate in MFA graduate student critiques.
The exhibition is organized by Xandra Eden, Curator of Exhibitions. Special thanks to Assistant Professor of Art, Sarah Martin, and the 2010/11 Falk Visiting Artist Committee.
Photographer Richard Mosse has spent the last two years shooting a new series of work titled Infra in the eastern Congo. The artist is known for his restrained and highly aestheticized views of sites associated with violence and fear, such as his 2008 depictions of the war in Iraq, and his large-scale photographs of airplane crash sites and emergency drills. For his work in the Congo, Mosse used Kodak Aerochrome, an infrared film designed in connection with the United States military to detect camouflage in the 1940s. The film reveals a spectrum of light beyond what the human eye can perceive, turning the lush landscape of the Congo into a bubblegum pink. This hue contrasts dramatically with the severe environment within which the people of the eastern Congo live and draws our attention to the complex social and political dynamics of the country. Beginning in 1998, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) became the site of the widest interstate war in modern African history, which has claimed millions of lives. Although the conflict was thought to have subsided in 2006, with the first free elections, thousands continue to die as a result of the ongoing conflict, most due to hunger and disease.
Richard Mosse (b. 1980, Dublin, Ireland) received his MFA from Yale University, an MRes in Cultural Studies from the London Consortium, and a BA in English Literature from Kings College, London. He also received a postgraduate diploma in fine art from Goldsmiths, University of London. He has had solo exhibitions at the Fotofest 2010 Biennial, Houston, TX; the Eigse Arts Festival, Carlow, Ireland (2009); and Derby University (2007), among others. He received a Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing and Visual Arts in 2008. His work is included in the collections of the Musee d'Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and the Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO.
As the Spring 2012 Falk Visiting Artist at the Weatherspoon and the Art Department at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Mosse will present a lecture and gallery talk on his work and participate in MFA graduate student critiques.
The exhibition is organized by Xandra Eden, Curator of Exhibitions. Special thanks to Assistant Professor of Art, Sarah Martin, and the 2010/11 Falk Visiting Artist Committee.
Photographer Richard Mosse has spent the last two years shooting a new series of work titled Infra in the eastern Congo. The artist is known for his restrained and highly aestheticized views of sites associated with violence and fear, such as his 2008 depictions of the war in Iraq, and his large-scale photographs of airplane crash sites and emergency drills. For his work in the Congo, Mosse used Kodak Aerochrome, an infrared film designed in connection with the United States military to detect camouflage in the 1940s. The film reveals a spectrum of light beyond what the human eye can perceive, turning the lush landscape of the Congo into a bubblegum pink. This hue contrasts dramatically with the severe environment within which the people of the eastern Congo live and draws our attention to the complex social and political dynamics of the country. Beginning in 1998, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) became the site of the widest interstate war in modern African history, which has claimed millions of lives. Although the conflict was thought to have subsided in 2006, with the first free elections, thousands continue to die as a result of the ongoing conflict, most due to hunger and disease.
Richard Mosse (b. 1980, Dublin, Ireland) received his MFA from Yale University, an MRes in Cultural Studies from the London Consortium, and a BA in English Literature from Kings College, London. He also received a postgraduate diploma in fine art from Goldsmiths, University of London. He has had solo exhibitions at the Fotofest 2010 Biennial, Houston, TX; the Eigse Arts Festival, Carlow, Ireland (2009); and Derby University (2007), among others. He received a Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing and Visual Arts in 2008. His work is included in the collections of the Musee d'Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and the Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO.
As the Spring 2012 Falk Visiting Artist at the Weatherspoon and the Art Department at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Mosse will present a lecture and gallery talk on his work and participate in MFA graduate student critiques.
The exhibition is organized by Xandra Eden, Curator of Exhibitions. Special thanks to Assistant Professor of Art, Sarah Martin, and the 2010/11 Falk Visiting Artist Committee.
Hollywood-with all its glamour and excitement-will be coming to the Triad on Oscar Night!
Movie-lovers across the Triad can experience all the thrills and surprises of the 84th Academy Awards® on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Triad's only official Oscar Night America party.
Benefiting the Community Theatre of Greensboro (CTG), the Triad's Oscar Night celebration
will be held at the O. Henry Hotel in Greensboro beginning at 6 pm. Dinner will be provided by the award-winning Green Valley Grill. Tickets for the black-tie gala are $100/person, $175/couple, or $650/table of eight, and may be purchased by calling the CTG office at (336) 333-7470, x206.
CTG, the O. Henry Hotel, and ABC-45 are sponsoring Oscar Night.
The Triad event is one of only 49 official parties sanctioned by the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences that will be held around the country on Oscar Night.
The Triad audience will watch the Academy Awards telecast live on large screens, courtesy
of ABC-45, the Triad affiliate of the ABC Television Network, which broadcasts the Academy Awards presentation. This is the 19th year that the Academy and ABC have cooperated with local charities to support official Oscar Night viewing parties across the country. This is the fourth year that the
Triad's Oscar Night party has benefited CTG.
"Oscar Night is an event meant to be shared with others. This network of fundraising parties across the nation is a natural extension of that experience, and also represents the year-round philanthropic work the Academy does," said Academy CEO Dawn Hudson. "This February we are thrilled to be able to celebrate the movies with fans nationwide while supporting charities around the country."
Last year, Oscar Night parties raised more than $3.5 million in 51 cities. All money
raised stays in the local community.
The Academy will provide Triad party guests with the same official program that is distributed to guests at the Oscar® presentation at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood.
Triad Oscar Night guests will feel like movie stars themselves as they:
- Walk the red carpet
- Are treated like celebrities from the moment they enter the elegant O. Henry lobby;
- Enjoy performances by CTG performers and Triad Idols;
- Delight in a delicious dinner provided by the Green Valley Grill;
- Bid on fantastic silent and live auction items, including movie memorabilia, event
tickets, trips, and director's chairs decorated by local artists in celebration
of previous Academy Award winners; and - Witness all the surprises and glamour of the Academy Awards telecast!
"Oscar Night generates excitement all over the world," said Mitchel Sommers, CTG's Executive Director. "With the Academy's help, our guests will once again feel like they are on the A-list. We had an incredible turnout for Oscar Night at the O. Henry in 2011, and we hope to raise even more money for CTG's outreach programs with Oscar Night 2012."
Photographer Richard Mosse has spent the last two years shooting a new series of work titled Infra in the eastern Congo. The artist is known for his restrained and highly aestheticized views of sites associated with violence and fear, such as his 2008 depictions of the war in Iraq, and his large-scale photographs of airplane crash sites and emergency drills. For his work in the Congo, Mosse used Kodak Aerochrome, an infrared film designed in connection with the United States military to detect camouflage in the 1940s. The film reveals a spectrum of light beyond what the human eye can perceive, turning the lush landscape of the Congo into a bubblegum pink. This hue contrasts dramatically with the severe environment within which the people of the eastern Congo live and draws our attention to the complex social and political dynamics of the country. Beginning in 1998, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) became the site of the widest interstate war in modern African history, which has claimed millions of lives. Although the conflict was thought to have subsided in 2006, with the first free elections, thousands continue to die as a result of the ongoing conflict, most due to hunger and disease.
Richard Mosse (b. 1980, Dublin, Ireland) received his MFA from Yale University, an MRes in Cultural Studies from the London Consortium, and a BA in English Literature from Kings College, London. He also received a postgraduate diploma in fine art from Goldsmiths, University of London. He has had solo exhibitions at the Fotofest 2010 Biennial, Houston, TX; the Eigse Arts Festival, Carlow, Ireland (2009); and Derby University (2007), among others. He received a Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing and Visual Arts in 2008. His work is included in the collections of the Musee d'Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and the Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO.
As the Spring 2012 Falk Visiting Artist at the Weatherspoon and the Art Department at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Mosse will present a lecture and gallery talk on his work and participate in MFA graduate student critiques.
The exhibition is organized by Xandra Eden, Curator of Exhibitions. Special thanks to Assistant Professor of Art, Sarah Martin, and the 2010/11 Falk Visiting Artist Committee.