Film Group London

The Xenos research group at the Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths, invites you to:

Allan Sekula’s The Lottery of the Sea: A Screening and Discussion

with Gail Day (Leeds), Steve Edwards (Open University), David Mabb (Goldsmiths) and Alberto Toscano (Goldsmiths)

Shot in the Netherlands, Spain, Greece, Japan and other maritime countries, Allan Sekula’s epic video essay The Lottery of the Sea (2006) reflects on globalization and the sea. Sekula overlaps memories and stories of sailors, dockworkers and displaced populations together with references to movies and myths. The overarching frame for this complex work is Adam Smith’s vision of maritime labour and trade as a form of gambling.

The screening (179min) will be followed by a roundtable discussion on political aesthetics and the challenges of representing contemporary capitalism in its multiple and contradictory social and geographical dimensions.

1.00pm – 6.00pm, Saturday 17 October 2009
Small Cinema, Richard Hoggart Building,
Goldsmiths, University of London,
Lewisham Way, London SE14 6NW

If you wish to attend please contact Alberto Toscano: a.toscano[at]gold.ac.uk

The main aim of Xenos is to develop in a multidisciplinary way new approaches to thinking about and researching contemporary geosocial and geopolitical conflicts. For more information on Xenos seminars, e-mail: xenos[at]gold.ac.uk, or contact Alberto Toscano (a.toscano[at]gold.ac.uk).To become a member of the Xenos open discussion list, e-mail: majordomo[at]gold.ac.uk and include the phrase 'subscribe xenos-l' in the body of your email.

Xenos, Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, Lewisham Way, London SE14 6NW, 0207 919 7171. xenos[at]gold.ac.uk

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