Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. Untethered-retethered , decommissioned, model T-10, US military personnel parachute with severed suspension lines, carabiners, nylon thread, 550 paracord. Four stereo sound tracks: (Carlos: 3 min 23 sec), (Dan: 3 min 36 sec), (Jake: 3 min 26 sec) and (Luis: 3 min 35 sec). Each looped. Parachute diameter: 1,067 cm (35 feet). Installation size: variable. In Uncertainty We Trust , Sheila and Richard Riggs and Leidy galleries, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 27 September – 13 October 2023 The fall exhibition of graduate students enrolled in the Mount Royal School of Art (Multidisciplinary MFA) program, curated by Professor Luca Buvoli. Including works by Aura Wang, Daniel Katz-Hernandez, Dooree Kang, Elicia Aceves, Huxley Green, Natalie Jenkins, Shuyi Chen, Siyi Cao, Sanah Brown-Bowers, Meg Clerc, Paul Emmanuel, Trisha Gupta, Yuanwei Huang, Teddi Kabler, William Okaily, Grusha Sabharwal, Erhan Us and Jeehee Yoo. Untethered-retethered (2023) was selected for this exhibition. Related content Civic engagement project ‘The Veteran's Memorial to the Living’ (ongoing) Exhibition ‘MICA Grad Show 3’, 27 September – 13 October 2024 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. Installation view of 3SAI: A Rite of Passage , 2008. High-Definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 13 min 58 sec Les Écrans de la Liberté: Digital Anthropology Festival 2013 , Le Cube, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, France, 20 – 21 March 2013 Le Cube and Les Écrans de la Liberté propose two days of discoveries and meetings centred on anthropology and new media with film projections and round-table discussions with authors and anthropologists. Today, digital technology is opening up numerous possibilities for driving all possible forms of association between images, sounds and texts. In this way, they are forging a new instrumental reason that today raises the need for new creations at the crossroads between digital art, anthropology and social science in conjunction with other disciplines such as neuroscience. More and more frequently, realities addressed by anthropologists are often crossed by geopolitical tensions, economic and social crises, emergencies, migratory flows and discriminations which confront a large number of communities and people. This idea of 'interculturality', which is progressively becoming a more core part of investigations and studies, promotes and necessitates new areas of research and expression. But also, and maybe even above all, 'interculturality' tends to create its own field where one's views undergo profound changes thanks to others’ views, moving us towards other methods for universalism. The aim of these two days is to promote the taking into account of these unique writings which integrate interactions, multiple points of view and collective creations, and even a sensory approach to all types of personal accounts. By giving form to their sensory apprehensions, they develop these elements which are essential to contextualising the subjects in question. 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008) was selected by Les Écrans de la Liberté to be screened at Le Cube for this festival. Related content Short film ‘3SAI: A Rite of Passage’, 2008 Exhibition ‘Transitions’, 27 September – 31 December 2008 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. Installation view of 3SAI: A Rite of Passage , 2008. High-Definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 13 min 58 sec Permanent War: The Age of Global Conflict , Barbara and Steven Grossman Gallery & Mrs. E Ross Anderson Auditorium, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA, 29 January – 7 March 2015 In the century since World War I, coined “The war to end all wars,” battles have raged on around the globe. The nature of warfare has changed dramatically with wars no longer beginning with formal declarations or ending with peace treaties; instead, violence spreads underground, with terror surfacing in ever-changing locations; drone warfare merges politics with computer games; news from far-flung battlefronts is devastatingly immediate. January 29–March 7, 2015, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA) will tackle this difficult subject with its spring exhibition, Permanent War: The Age of Global Conflict , guest curated by Pamela Allara. “The many commemorations in Europe of the centenary of World War I inspired me to propose a war-themed exhibition to Joanna Soltan, SMFA Curator,” says Allara. “Although the nature of war is rapidly changing, its death and destruction remain. The artists included in the exhibition examine our state of permanent war with insight, courage and not infrequently, ironic humor.” Organized into five themes—Mechanized Bodies, Combat as Performance, Living in a War Zone, Conflict as Media Entertainment, and Landscape as Cemetery—Allara brings together 16 artists to explore the lives of military and private citizens are surveyed, manipulated, controlled, and threatened in this era of perpetual warfare. ARTISTS Matthew Arnold, Claire Beckett, Bill Burke, Bonnie Donohue, Paul Emmanuel, Harun Farocki, Coco Fusco, Adam Harvey, Ken Hruby, Lamia Joreige, Richard Mosse, Trevor Paglen, Jamal Penjweny, Sig Bang Schmidt and Steve Dalachinsky, Paul Stopforth, and Mark Tribe. 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008) was selected by the curator for this exhibition. Related content Short film ‘3SAI: A Rite of Passage’, 2008 Exhibition ‘Transitions’, 27 September – 31 December 2008 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. The Lost Men Project (Grahamstown) , 2004. Digital program, touch screen, headphones, pedestal. Dimensions variable. Edition 3 The Art of Reading from William Kentridge to Wikipedia , Meermanno Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands, 18 November 2017 – 5 March 2018 This exhibition organised by The House of the Book (a collaboration of Museum Meermanno and the National Library of the Netherlands). The exhibition will elucidate the reading process. The six rooms each have a theme that is linked to the physical process of reading: leafing through, touching, looking, remembering, focussing and reacting. Most of our senses are involved in the process, as are many areas in the brain. Questions about the process will help the visitor formulate some answers: How does the reading brain work? What types of reading should be distinguished? How to deal with multi media books – sound, image, typography? How to experience works on paper versus digitised works? The show unites works that are multi-sensorial or pluriform (video/paper, sound/image etc). There will be no books in cases, all works can be touched by the visitors. Selected artists: Scott Blake, Amaranth Borsuk & Brad Bouse, Jan Dirk van der Burg, Marinus van Dijke, Paul Emmanuel, Eyejack, Juan Fontanive, Carina Hesper, Mirabelle Jones, William Kentridge, Kraak & Smaak, Michael Mandiberg, Simon Morris, Didier Mutel, Rick Myers, Heidi Neilson, Joyce Overheul, Sebastian Schmieg & Silvio Lorusso, Rebecca Sutherland, Elisabeth Tonnard. The Lost Men Project, Grahamstown (2006) was selected by the curators for this exhibition. Related content Exhibition ‘Navigating the Bookscape: Artists’ Books and the Digital Interface’, 25 – 30 September 2006 Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men Grahamstown’, 1 – 10 July 2004 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. Still from Remember-dismember , 2015. Hi-definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 3 min 45 sec (looped). Edition 5 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam , Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 27 January – 7 February 2010 The International Film Festival Rotterdam is an annual film festival held in various cinemas in Rotterdam, Netherlands at the end of January. It is one of the larger film festivals in Europe, arguably in the Big Five, alongside Cannes, Venice, Berlin, and Locarno. The festival uses a tiger as its mascot. 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008) was officially selected to be screened at this festival 2010. Related content Short film ‘3SAI: A Rite of Passage’, 2008 Exhibition ‘Transitions’, 27 September – 31 December 2008 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. Still from 3SAI: A Rite of Passage , 2008. High-Definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 13 min 58 sec Conférence de Paul Emmanuel , EESI/École européenne supérieure de l'image, Angouléme, France, 8 October 2013 Après la projection de son court-métrage 3SAI : A Rite of Passage (2008), Paul Emmanuel, artiste sud africain, retracera la création de ses projets ‘Transitions’ (2008) et ‘The Lost Men’ (2004 – ). Il parlera également de sa nouvelle création “Touch me” (2013), présentée en avant-première au Cube, Centre de Creation Numerique, Issy-Les-Moulineaux. Il s’agit d’une œuvre tactile visuelle et sonore qui explore les idées liées à la mémoire et aux souvenirs. “Touch me” fait partie d’un projet global appelé ‘The Lost Men France’ (2014) coïncidant avec les commémorations des 100 ans du début de la première guerre mondiale durant laquelle de nombreux soldats sud-africains sont tombés. Paul Emmanuel y présente son corps en plan serré, tantôt vêtu de tenues de cérémonie militaires historiques ou contemporaines, tantôt habillé comme un employé d’entreprise. Une bande-son de la voix de l’artiste invite le spectateur à toucher l’écran tactile, provoquant l’habillage et le déshabillage des différentes zones de son corps et révélant sa peau, temporairement marqué des noms de soldats Sud-africains de la Première Guerre mondiale, mais aussi des victimes de la grève de Marikana Miner (2012) et de l’incursion armée de la République Centrafricaine en 2013. Ces impressions fugitives disparaissent ou réapparaissent tant que le spectateur continue à le toucher, évoquant une "guérison" ou une "nouvelle blessure" répétée de la peau. Related content Short film ‘3SAI: A Rite of Passage’, 2008 Exhibition ‘Transitions’, 27 September – 31 December 2008 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. Still from 3SAI: A Rite of Passage , 2008. High-Definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 13 min 58 sec 19th Séquence Court-métrage International Film festival , Toulouse, France, 19 August – 28 November 2010 For more than seventeen years the ‘Séquence Court-Metrage International Short-Film Festival’ supports and emphasises the unique qualities offered by short film through a series of competitions and themed programs. The Festival continues to develop Short-Version Cinema, building on new exchanges and partnerships. It showcases artistic visions inspired by international dialogue, originality and open-mindedness. Creativity is at the heart of Séquence’s philosophy and the Festival exhibits all genres of short film, from fiction, animation and documentary to experimental; both professional and amateur; and on either silver or digital supports. 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008) has been officially selected to be screened at this festival 2010. Related content Short film ‘3SAI: A Rite of Passage’, 2008 Exhibition ‘Transitions’, 27 September – 31 December 2008 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. ‘Road signs’, 2014. Original drawing hand-incised into exposed colour photographic paper, 38 x 53 cm (framed). Private Collection Turbine Art Fair 2015 , Art Source South Africa, Booth, Turbine Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, 16 – 19 July 2015 Turbine Art Fair is a platform for galleries, artists, curators and other art organisations to promote emerging and established talents in an accessible and enjoyable way. In doing this the fair aims to promote new work and talent and to create a new art audience and collector base. Two photogravure etchings, Scar (2015) and Lesion (2015) were exhibited by Art Source South Africa. Related content Exhibition ‘Remnants’, 25 June – 31 July 2015 Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men France’, 1 July – 1 October 2014 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. Scar , (detail), 2015. Hand-printed, Chine-collé photogravure etching on 300 gsm Hahnemühle paper. 40 x 92,5 cm. Edition 8 Foundations and Futures: Celebrating 25 Years of the Bag Factory , Fordsburg Artists’ Studios, Johannesburg, South Africa, 28 October – 10 December 2016 For 25 years the Bag Factory Artists' Studios has been more than just a building and studio space. It has provided the foundation of many an artist's career. Built out of the dream for artists from different backgrounds to be able to work together, the Bag Factory is a community that continuously supports and builds on its ethos of "the community studio space where artists practice is held in the highest regard and experimentation is encouraged." Over 25 years these foundations have been strengthened by the artists and staff who have poured their passion and efforts into the community and ethos of the space. In recent years the Bag Factory has worked hard to encourage a younger community of artists to engage in our programming ensuring that the life-blood of the space - interaction and development - continues to pump. The community has played host to artists such as Helen Sebidi, Deborah Bell, Sam Nhlengethwa, Penny Siopsis, Benon Lutaaya, Blessing Ngobeni, Neo Matloga, Dinkies Sithole, Kay Hassan and many, many more. We have created an international following through our visiting artists programme and a consistent space for art loving members of the public to experience outstanding work. On Friday 28th October 2016, the Bag Factory begins the celebration of an incredible 25 years with an exhibition entitled Foundations and Futures . Since the inception of the organisation, over 300 artists have been through the space either as studio artists, visiting artists, participants in workshops and exhibitions and as winners of award programmes. All of them have been influenced and have influenced the space in many rich and diverse ways. Artists participating in the exhibition Foundations and Futures opening on Friday 28 October 2016 include Blake Daniels; Paul Emmanuel; Jarrett Erasmus; Marie Fricout; Gordon Froud; Carlo Galli; Arash Hanaei; Diana Hyslop; Sharlene Khan; Asanda Kupa; David Koloane; Shenaz Mahomed; Pat Mautloa; Tshepo Mosopa; Ndikhumbule Ngqinambi; Tracey Rose; Usha Seejarim; Lerato Shadi; Johan Thom; Stijn van Dorpe and Mary Wafer. Scar (2015) was selected by the curators for this exhibition. Related content Exhibition ‘Remnants’, 28 January – 20 March 2016 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. The Lost Men Project (Grahamstown) , 2004. Digital program, touch screen, headphones, pedestal. Dimensions variable. Edition 3 Navigating the Bookscape: Artists’ Books and the Digital Interface , Aardklop Arts Festival, Potchefstroom, South Africa, 25 – 30 September 2006 Curator David Paton invited five artists to produce a work for a show of traditional and contemporary ‘artists books’ to “... open up questions around what the digital interface can bring to the conventions of the codex.” – (Robyn Sassen). The exhibition featured an interactive work, The Lost Men Project (Grahamstown) (2006) – a digital program running on a computer concealed within a custom-designed pedestal supporting a touch sensitive monitor and headphones. A soundtrack entices the viewer to touch the screen depicting a photographic close-up of the artist’s skin bruised with embossed names. Each successive touch induces a change of image as the names slowly disappear. Related content Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men Grahamstown’, 1 – 10 July 2004 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. The Lost Men France 2 , 2014. Pigment printed photograph on archival paper, 50 x 65 cm, Edition 5. Courtesy of 2014 Centenaire de la Première Guerre Mondiale and Art Source South Africa Sway: A Photographic Exhibition , Now Gallery, The Open Window, Irene, South Africa, 27 March – 30 June 2019 ‘Sway’ was Now Gallery's first photography exhibition, considering the theme of motion and the possibility of changing one's mind. Participating artists: Elsa Bleda, Mary Sibande, Michael Meyersfeld, Dani Bester, Ross Garrett, Alet Pretorius, Carla Crafford, Susanna Smith, Bernard Brand, Suzette du Plooy, Shannon Daniels, Jonina Botha, Dan Roberts, Warren James, Ryno Stols, Karl van Heerden, Paul Emmanuel, Graham De Lacy and Henry Engelbrecht. Related content Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men France’, 1 July – 1 October 2014 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. Nomina sunt Numina , (detail), 1993. Artists’ book (unique). 52 x 40,5 x 6 cm. Artist’s Collection Artists Books in the Ginsberg Collection , Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa, 1996 1996 is the Centenary of the death of William Morris (1834-1896). Over one hundred years after Morris ‘defined’ the fine press book, his words still hold true: f I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of Art and the thing most to be longed for, I should answer, ‘a beautiful house’; and if I were further asked to name the production next in importance and thing next to be longed for, I should answer, ‘a beautiful book’. This exhibition is curated in the form of a book. The visitor begins a reading of the show with a 'preface' which introduces some parameters and issues within the book arts. It then develops through a number of chapters through which the artist's book is decoded and revealed. Many of my chapters have been derived from Johanna Drucker’s chapter headings in her seminal book The Century of Artists' Books (1995). As one moves through the 'spine' of the exhibition, bindings and books which use the spine and gutter as important aspects of their content are shown. The exhibition ends with an 'endnote' in which questions about the nature of Artists' Books are asked and future thematic and material possibilities within the field postulated. Thus the visitor reads the book by moving through the exhibition. Curated by Jack M. Ginsberg and David M. Paton. (courtesy South African Artists Books website). Nomina Sunt Numina (1993) was selected for this exhibition. Related content Exhibition ‘Pages from Cathexis’, 30 April – 27 May 2000 Exhibition ‘Navigating the Bookscape: Artists’ Books and the Digital Interface, 25 – 30 September 2006 Exhibition ‘The Art of Reading from William Kentridge to Wikipedia’, 18 November 2017 – 5 March 2018 ←Previous Next→