Air Pressure, The Whitworth Art Gallery
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Free
Opening Times:
05/11/2011 - 12/02/2012
Category:
Exhibitions
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Air Pressure
Our globalised world has been made possible and shaped fundamentally by international air travel; but at what costs to our sense of place and our wellbeing?
This multi-media installation explores the clash between traditional farming life in Japan and the technology and economy of international travel. Two remaining farming families still live at the end of the runway at Narita International Airport in Japan. This exhibition follows one family who have refused to move elsewhere despite pressure from the authorities since the planning and construction of the airport in the 1970s.
Air Pressure uses sound recordings, on-site and archive film, to represent the sonic experience of living and working on this farm, which is surrounded by the airport’s infrastructure and constantly monitored by surveillance and sound measuring mechanisms.
Air Pressure is supported by a Wellcome Trust Arts Award. In partnership with Asia Triennial Manchester 2011, initiated by Shisha, a festival of current contemporary visual art and craft from Asia.
Cost Free