Question of Evidence

Qiu Zhijie, Marine Hugonnier, Gonkar Gyatso, Khin Khin Su

A Question of Evidence presents work by a selection of artists and cultural practitioners that engages with or comments upon the diffi culty of creating, collecting, and disseminating evidence-based source material around issues such as identity politics, the suppression of human rights, democratic reform, and attempts to restrict free expression and representation. As “narrations of urgency”, the works in the exhibition often present multiple perspectives on confl icted or rapidly changing realities. The exhibition incorporates a variety of artistic and cultural approaches - including moving image, still photography, text, archival material, installation, and theatrical performance-that encompass diverse viewpoints on the nature and function of representation in the face of “real” events and sociopolitical circumstances.^ Some participants present a side of their practice that is...