March 9, 2016
Ed Atkins
Safe Conduct
March 17–September 4, 2016
Safe Conduct
March 17–September 4, 2016
SMK (National Gallery of Denmark)
Sølvgade 48-50
Copenhagen DK-1307
Denmark
Copenhagen DK-1307
Denmark
Hours: Tuesday and Thursday–Sunday 10am–6pm
Wednesday 10am–8pm
T +45 33 74 84 94
smk@smk.dk
Ed Atkins' new video project, Safe Conduct, is a live-action and CGI burlesque of airport security instruction videos, set to Ravel’s "Bolero": A carousel of protocol, rendered bodies, abattoirs and metal detectors. The title conjures a parlance of specious administrative directives; an exceptional state-administered document that affords protection to the carrier, as well as the similarly named autobiography of the Russian poet, Boris Pasternak.
Curated by Marianne Torp