Alfredo Jaar - Masterclass #2
1,649 views · Published 22 May 2018 · 1:39:18 · Indexed 21 September 2026
Channel: International Film Festival Rotterdam – IFFR · 2018 · Film & Animation
For Alfredo Jaar, veteran of three Venice Biennales and winner of the MacArthur and Guggenheim awards, art and politics are intrinsically linked, even if he eschews the label of ‘political artist’. Over the past 30+ years, his work has revolved around flagrant violations of human rights and our species’ propensity towards acts of gross inhumanity upon itself. Jaar’s critical gaze may have fallen on the killing fields of Rwanda and the Vietnamese detention centres of Hong Kong, but it is us in the West who undergo the severest scrutiny for our willful ignorance of global atrocity, and for becoming inured to resulting images of horror. https://iffr.com/en/recap-talks-masterclasses-2018 ------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for watching! Subscribe so you don't miss out on any videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/iffrotte... Follow us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iffr/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/iffr Facebook: https://facebook.com/iffrotterdam/ Website: https://iffr.com/
