The Otolith Group

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The Otolith Group was founded in London in 2002 by Anjalika Sagar (* 1968 in London) and Kodwo Eshun (* 1967 in London).

Anjalika Sagar became the 1997 Bachelor in Social Anthropology and Hindi at the University of London and the 2004 Master of Fine Arts at Middlesex University . Kodwo Eshun studied English-language literature . He received his bachelor's degree from University College in 1988 and his master's degree in 1990 in literary theory from the University of Southampton .

The Otolith Group realizes essayistic films, installations and performances , acts as exhibition curator , publishes publications, develops programs and promotes the work of other artists. “The aim of the Otolith Group is to create a public discussion platform about contemporary art through its artistic work and to generate a critical research space between theory, practice and exhibition”.

The Otolith Group was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2010 . Her work was exhibited in 2011 in the Bétonsalon , Paris, in 2011–12 in the MAXXI - Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo , Rome and in 2012 in Project 88 in Mumbai. The artist group took part in numerous group exhibitions, including Manifesta 9 and dOCUMENTA (13) . In 2020 the film work INFINITY minus Infinity was exhibited at the Forum Expanded exhibition of the Berlinale .

Filmography (selection)

  • 2003: Otolith I (23 min.)
  • 2006: Be Silent for the Ears of God are Everywhere (12 min.)
  • 2007: Otolith II (48 min.)
  • 2009: Otolith III (49 min.)
  • 2011: Anathema (37 min.)
  • 2012: See Infinite Distance Between Any Point and Another (34 min.)
  • 2012: People to be Resembling (22 min.)
  • 2012: The Radiant (65 min.)
  • 2013: Medium Earth (41 min.)
  • 2017: The Third Part of the Third Measure (43 min.)
  • 2018: Nucleus of the Great Union (32 min.)
  • 2018: O Horizon (90 min.)
  • 2019: INFINITY minus Infinity (52 min.)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ House of World Cultures The Otolith Group. Accessed March 16, 2019
  2. ↑ Guggenheim The Otolith Group accessed on March 16, 2019 (English)
  3. ↑ Julia Stoschek Collection The Otolith Group as a guest in Düsseldorf, accessed on March 16, 2019
  4. ↑ INFINITY minus Infinity. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .