8 September – 25 October 2009
A Long Time Between Suns (Part 2) is the second instalment of a two-part solo show by The Otolith Group. Having shown the films Otolith I and Otolith II at Gasworks in March 2009, the second instalment sees the premiere of Otolith III, and also the first exhibition at The Showroom’s new space in the Church Street neighbourhood, London NW8.
Informed by Satyajit Ray’s unmade film The Alien (1967) and Pier Paolo Pasolini's Appunti per un Film sull'India (1968), Otolith III is a single screen projection that replays Ray's unrealised science fiction film as a series of competing past potential futures. As with Part 1 at Gasworks, the installation was conceived and designed by Will Holder.
Otolith III is accompanied by Otolith Timeline (video, colour, 30min, 2003) which situates The Otolith Trilogy in a speculative history of the 20th and 21st century.
The exhibition is accompanied by a series of events, including a seminar with The Otolith Group and discussions with filmmaker Eyal Sivan and Bidoun magazine.
A new Otolith Group monograph designed by Will Holder is edited as an archival assemblage linking the two stages of the exhibition. The monograph contains an extensive conversation with the artists and a new text by Jean Matthee.
The Otolith Group received a nomination for the Turner Prize 2010 for A Long Time Between Suns.
A Long Time Between Suns (Part 2) was organised in collaboration with Gasworks.
Otolith III was co-produced by The Showroom, Gasworks and Il Trifoglio Nero and was supported by a grant from Film London.
The Otolith Group monograph was published by Sternberg Press in collaboration with The Showroom and Gasworks, London, MACBA, Barcelona, and Fondazione Galleria Civica – Centro di Ricerca sulla Contemporaneità di Trento.
Founded in 2002 by Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun who live and work in London, The Otolith Group explores the moving image, the archive, the sonic and the aural within the gallery context.
MoreA designer and writer based in London, Holder is currently editing a biography of American composer Robert Ashley (with Alex Waterman), and rewriting William Morris’ News from Nowhere (An epoch of rest) into a guide for design education and practise set in 2135. He is also editor of FR DAVID, published by de Appel, Amsterdam.
MoreTurner Prize-nominated project comprising a two-part solo show at Gasworks and The Showroom, events and a publication.
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The Otolith Group, Otolith III, 2009, film still. © The Otolith Group. Courtesy the artists.
The Otolith Group, Otolith III, 2009, film still. © The Otolith Group. Courtesy the artists.
The Otolith Group, Otolith III, 2009, installation view. Photo: Daniel Brooke. © The Otolith Group. Courtesy the artists.
