Mishka Henner

Seven Seas and a River

 

Curator Walter Guadagnini

 

 

Seven Seas and a River is a video installation presenting the live streaming footage of eight cameras placed around the world. In each, the camera permanently points to a body of water, presenting a living landscape whose palette and atmosphere is forever changing in real time. All these cameras were found online and why they are present is unclear. Some pan and scan the scene, zooming in and zooming out. Others are motionless, creating striking tableaux that are deceptively still. These viewpoints were chosen because of their pictorial compositions and their place in the world, located on the edges of the Pacific Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, Barents Sea, Adriatic Sea, Caribbean Sea, Celtic Sea, Gulf of Thailand, and the Saint Lawrence river in Quebec.

 

The sea remains as mysterious and daunting as it has ever been. Tsunamis and storm surges in Japan and the USA wipe out entire towns and cities; A passenger jet disappears into the Gulf of Thailand without trace; In Europe, the sea is haunted by those who have lost their lives attempting to cross it. And deep down, we know that the very survival of our species is threatened by its rising levels.

Mishka Henner, b.1976 (French British Belgian).

Born in Belgium to a Polish mother with a French passport and a British father.

Arrived in England in 1984.

Received the world’s smallest photography award, the Kleine Hans award, in 2011.

Awarded the ICP Infinity Award for Art in New York in 2013.

Lives and works in Manchester, England.

Part of the ABC Artists’ Books Cooperative.

SATURDAY 21 APRIL
Piazza Martiri del 7 luglio 3:30 pm
Remote Possibilities
Mishka Henner talks with Walter Guadagnini

 

SUNDAY 22 APRIL
Banca d’Italia 10:00 am
Seven seas and a river
Free guided tours with Mishka Henner

 

MONDAY 30 APRIL
Banca d’Italia 4:30 pm
Guided tours
3 euro + valid FE18 ticket
Info and booking: info@palazzomagnani.it – 0522 444446

 

SATURDAY 5 MAY
Banca d’Italia 4:30 pm
Guided tours
3 euro + valid FE18 ticket
Info and booking: info@palazzomagnani.it – 0522 444446

 

FRIDAY 9 JUNE
Banca d’Italia 4:30 pm
Guided tours
3 euro + valid FE18 ticket
Info and booking: info@palazzomagnani.it – 0522 444446

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Banca d'Italia
piazza Martiri 7 luglio
42121 Reggio Emilia

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