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SUMMARY:Chantal Meza – Disappearance of Worlds
DESCRIPTION:Saturday 7 June* – Sunday 22 June\nWednesday to Friday 3pm – 6pm\nWeekends 11am – 4pm\nExhibition will be open for 30 minutes after the events\nEntrance is free\nWorlds are disappearing before our eyes. Humans continue to be abducted and forcibly removed from their societies, while others simply vanish from the surface of the earth as they flee the ravages of conflict and violence. Cultures are being decimated and languages lost as ancestral knowledge and indigenous ways of life have been crushed under the weight of historical progress. Forests are being scorched and rivers running dry as consumption patterns lead to the devouring of ecologies and liveable habitats. Across the world, authoritarian regimes are emboldened, leading to the disappearance of journalists and students which points to a wider problem of the disappearance of truth. This is happening at a time when the humanitarian dream to create a world free from conflict and violence is crumbling, shadowed it seems by a vacuum of ideas concerning humanity’s future. \nHow are we to confront this violence? What is the purpose of art when responding to these tragedies which are marked by a devastating absence? Can we even picture such a tremendous loss? Do we need to develop new ways of seeing and feeling the beauty and pain of the world? And how can we develop better conversations between those most deeply affected and artists and cultural producers, policy makers, and academics, so that the thresholds between appearance and disappearance can be better understood?\n\nThe Disappearance of Worlds exhibition will showcase the work of Mexican painter Chantal Meza, whose work for the past decade has confronted the violence, terror, and the complexities of disappearance in both a human and ecological context. Complementing the exhibition will be a series of public talks from world-leading authorities exploring the multiple ways disappearance occurs and the possibilities for response. \nThe programme is led by the Pembroke College JCR Art Collection; Pembroke College, University of Oxford; The FOUND Project; the Centre for the Study of Violence at the University of Bath; and the Oxford Festival of the Arts, in partnership with other supporting global partners and institutions.  \n \nPROGRAMME\nPrivate launch and Opening Talk: Chantal Meza in conversation with Will Gompertz \nFriday 6 June | 6pm-7pm | Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College\nWelcome\nVanessa Gouws Operations Bursar, Pembroke College\nIntroduction Master of Pembroke College\nThe Rt Hon Sir Ernest Ryder\nDistinguished Guest \nCaroline Douilliez, Head of Missing Persons Centre, International Committee of the Red Cross – ICRC\nExhibition Partner\nDr. Michelle Castelleti, Director of Oxford Festival of Arts\nIn Conversation\nPainter Chantal Meza in conversation with Will Gompertz – Director, Sir John Soane’s Museum, journalist and writer\nBooking mandatory, tickets  available here.\nSearching for the Disappeared: The Case of Mexico\nSaturday 7 June | 4pm-6pm | Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College\nFernanda Lobo Díaz – Human Rights Program, Universidad Iberoamericana (Chair)\nLizet & Carmen Cardona – Corazones Robados Searching Mothers’ Collective\nBooking mandatory, tickets available here.\nThe Disappearance of Humanitarianism\nFriday 13 June | 6pm-7.30pm | Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College\nGareth Owen – Former Humanitarian Director, Save the Children\nBooking mandatory, tickets available here.\n \nTechnological Responses to Disappearance\nSaturday 14 June | 4pm-6pm | Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College\nÍndira Navarro – Leader, Searching Mothers’ Collective ‘Guerreros Buscadores de Jalisco’ \nNicholas Márquez – President, British Association of Forensic Anthropology\nMiguel Moctezuma – Global Security Programme, Pembroke College/The FOUND Project \nJosé Luis Silván – CentroGeo/The FOUND project\nJorge Ruiz-Reyes – Transitional Justice Lab, University of Notre Dame\nAndrea Horcasitas –Human Rights Program Coordinator, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico\nMariela Garfias – Head of Programmes, British Embassy in Mexico\nChantal Meza – Painter (Chair)\nBooking mandatory, tickets available here.\nJustice for the Disappeared\nFriday 20 June | 6pm-7.30pm | Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College\nPhil Scraton – Campaigner & Emeritus Professor, Queens University Belfast\nDr. Annette Idler –Director, Global Security Programme, Pembroke College, and Associate Professor in Global Security, University of Oxford (Chair) .\nBooking mandatory, tickets available here.\nEscape from Disappearance: The Power of Sanctuary\nSaturday 21 June | 4pm-6pm | Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College\nJan Royall – Principal, Somerville College Oxford\nBrad Evans – Director, Centre for the Study of Violence, Professor of Political Violence & Aesthetics, University of Bath\nHari Reed – incoming co-director, Asylum Welcome\nBooking mandatory, tickets available here.\nPartners \nPembroke College JCR Art Collection\nPembroke College, Oxford\nOxford Festival of the Arts\nCentre for the Study of Violence, University of Bath\nFrontierTech\nThe FOUND Project\nGlobal Security Programme, University of Oxford\nViolence & Transitional Justice Lab, University of Notre Dame\nHuman Rights Program, Universidad Iberoamericana\nChantal Meza (b.1989, Mexico) is a painter based in the United Kingdom whose work practice focuses on the human as seen through various forms of disappearance. Her work is held in public and private collections around the world and over the past 10 years her paintings have featured in exhibitions and biennials in prominent Museums and Galleries in Mexico, United Kingdom, Paraguay and Germany. She has delivered international lectures and workshops at reputable universities such as Harvard University, École Normale Superiéure, Goethe Univeristät, Goldsmiths University among others as well as being commissioned publicly and privately. Her work has received the support of grants, public recognitions, and awards of prominent institutions in the cultural sector. More recently, her State of Disappearance series has been exhibited in Bristol, London and is now on display at the Chancellors Building at the University of Bath. \n Chantal has written extensively on the links between Art and Politics and featured on prominent news outlets such as the British Broadcasting Corporations (BBC) news and arts programmes. Her artwork appears in many prominent international publications and on book/magazine covers, including The Philosopher, Penguin Books, Colombia University Press, the Review of Education Pedagogy and Cultural Studies, La Jornada, Trebuchet, W&F Science & Peace, LA Review of Books among others. More recently, her “State of Disappearance” series has been exhibited in Bristol, London, Oxford and is now on permanent display at the Chancellors Building at the University of Bath. \nAll her work can be seen on the following link: www.chantal-meza.com ( https://www.chantal-meza.com/ ) \n
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