Past Events
Thursday 15 April 2020
This special screening presents two films by Joanna Piotrowska to mark the release of her new book Stable Vices. Alluding to the visual language of scientific experimentation, Piotrowska studies encounters between the staged and spontaneous as she explores animal instincts and domestic environments.
Thursday 8 April 2020
One year since New York City shut down in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Irina Rozovsky discusses her new book In Plain Air, a timely tribute to public space, community, and Brooklyn's Prospect Park. This special artist's talk is presented in collaboration with Aperture, Rockefeller Center, and Parsons School of Design.
Thursday 11 March 2020
On the occasion of the publication of his new book Terminus, John Divola speaks to Andrew Witt, fellow at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, about modern ruins, navigating the detritus of history, and the evolution of his distinctive practice at the juncture of photography and sculpture.
Thursday 4 March 2020
Massachusetts natives and old friends Nick Meyer and Aaron Schuman sit down to discuss The Local, Meyer's portrait of his hometown. As they compare their experiences of photographing in the same area, they explore its social contexts and reflect on the cinema of image sequencing.
Thursday 11 February 2020
Tsukiji (2001) is Allan Sekula’s portrait of the largest fish market in the world, which was one of the last remaining proletarian spaces in Tokyo before its relocation in 2018. Evoking the ghost of the novelist Takiji Kobayashi, an early victim of Japanese fascism, the film continues Sekula’s exploration of the sea and its modes of consumption, begun with his celebrated project Fish Story (1989-1995). The film will only be available via MACK during the live transmission.
Thursday 4 February 2020
Yasmina Benabderrahmane's Super 8 films of Morocco take us from the Bouregreg Valley to the plains of Chichaoua, documenting the uneasy collision of tradition and moderntiy. This one-time screening presents the intimate, textured films whose stills make up the book La Bête un conte moderne.