The Enclave depicts a complicated, strife-ridden place in a way that reflects its complexity.
What: Commissioned for the Irish representation at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013 and recently acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria, The Enclave is an immersive, six-screen video art installation by Irish contemporary artist Richard Mosse uses a strategy of beauty and transfixion to combat the wider invisibility of a conflict that has claimed so many. Partly inspired by Joseph Conrad’s modernist literary masterpiece Heart of Darkness, the visceral and moving work was filmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo using 16mm colour infra-red film, which captures otherwise invisible parts of the spectrum. The resulting imagery in Mosse’s work is hallucinatory and dream-like with the usual greens of jungle and forest replaced by shimmering violet.
When: 10 Oct 15 – Feb 16 | Open 10am–5pm daily
Where: NGV International, Level 3, Contemporary Art & Design, St Kilda Road
Cost: Free
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NGV International, Cnr St Kilda Road and Southbank Boulevard, MelbourneWebsite: https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/richard-mosse/