Video, projection, colour and sound (stereo) and printed papers
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
ARTIST ROOMS
National Heritage Memorial Fund
Art Fund
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/johan-grimonprez-9716" aria-label="More by Johan Grimonprez" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Johan Grimonprez</a>
Dial HISTORY  Inflight
ARTIST ROOMS
Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008
aircraft, civil
airport
architecture
conflict
destruction
documentary
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
government and politics
history
horror
natural phenomena
objects
photographic
politics and society
politics: Cold War, post-1945
public and municipal
smoke
society
terrorism
transport: air
universal concepts
violence
weapon, firing / explosion
weapons
installation video projection colour sound stereo printed papers
2 November 2009 – 27 November 2009
2009-11-27
2 November 2009 – 27 November 2009
2009-11-27
2009-11-02
firstsite in collaboration with Colchester Institute (Colchester, UK)
http://www.firstsite.uk.net/
2009-11-02
ARTIST ROOMS 2009: Johan Grimonprez
Loan-out
22 May 2010 – 11 July 2010
2010-07-11
22 May 2010 – 11 July 2010
2010-07-11
2010-05-22
Fruitmarket Gallery (Edinburgh, UK)
2010-05-22
Johan Grimonprez
Loan-out
Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y Inflight
overall display dimensions variable
<a href="/search?gid=999999788" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">ARTIST ROOMS</a>
Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the <a href="/search?gid=999999967" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">National Heritage Memorial Fund</a> and the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 2008
<p>The Belgian artist and filmmaker Johan Grimonprez came to prominence when this highly-acclaimed one hour video montage was shown in 1997. The work traces the history of airplane hijackings through found video footage and televised images. Grimonprez juxtaposes this central narrative with references to the Cold War and quotations from Don DeLillo’s novels 'White Noise' and 'Mao II'. Examining the abundance of information available via the media, much of which is spectacular and sensationalist, Grimonprez acknowledges the hidden or unseen events which cannot be recorded. He thus presents the viewer with the potential impossibility of documenting historical fact.</p>

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aircraft, civil airport architecture conflict destruction documentary emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities government and politics history horror natural phenomena objects photographic politics and society politics: Cold War, post-1945 public and municipal smoke society terrorism transport: air universal concepts violence weapon, firing / explosion weapons