Fish Story

402 Pages·2014·29.48 MB·English

by  Allan Sekula

FISH STORY ALLAN SEKULA
Witte de With, center for contemporary art, Rotterdam
21.01.1995–12.03.1995
Fotografiska Museet in Moderna Museet, Stockholm
06.05.1995–27.08.1995
Tramway, Glasgow
06.10.1995–12.11.1995
Le Channel, Scène nationale and Musée des Beaux Arts et de la Dentelle, Calais
16.12.1995–25.02.1996
RICHTER VERLAG
Project and Exhibition Coordination Witte de With, center for contemporary art, Rotterdam: Chris Dercon, Paul van Gennip
Local Exhibition Curators: Fotografiska Museet in Moderna Museet, Stockholm: Jan Erik Lundström; Tramway, Glasgow: Charles Esche; Le Channel, Scène nationale de Calais, Calais: Marie-Thérèse
Champesme; Musée des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle, Calais: Annette Haudiquet
Catalogue Design: Allan Sekula, Catherine Lorenz
Editor: Barbera van Kooij
Editorial Assistant: Robin Resch
Printer: Druckerei Winterscheidt GmbH, Düsseldorf
Publishers: Witte de With, center for contemporary art, Rotterdam, and Richter Verlag, Düsseldorf
Edition: 3.000 softcover copies, 1.000 hardcover copies
© Allan Sekula and Witte de With, center for contemporary art, Rotterdam
© “Allan Sekula: Photography Between Discourse and Document,” Benjamin H.D. Buchloh and Witte de With, center for contemporary art, Rotterdam
© photographs, Allan Sekula
Witte de With, center for contemporary art, Witte de Withstraat 50, 3012 BR Rotterdam, Nederland, Tel. [phone], Fax. [phone], Witte de With is an initiative of the Rotterdam Arts
Council and is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Culture. Staff: Gé Beckman, Chris Dercon, Paul van Gennip, Roland Groenenboom, Chris de Jong, Barbera van Kooij, Maaike Ritsema, Miranda Spek,
Rutger Wolfson and Bob Goedewaagen
Fotografiska Museet in Moderna Museet, Box 16382, 10327 Stockholm, Sweden Tel. [phone], Fax. [phone]. Curatorial staff: Peter Åström, Eva Bagge-Milanesio, Jan-Erik
Lundström, Håkan Petersson
Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, Glasgow G41 2PE, Scotland, Tel. [phone], Fax. [phone]. Tramway is owned by the Glasgow City Council and managed by the Department of
Performing Arts and Venues (Director: Robert Palmer). It is subsidised by the Scottish Arts Council. Curatorial staff: Katrina Brown, Nathan Coley, Charles Esche
Le Channel, Scène nationale de Calais Galerie de l’ancienne poste, 13 Boulevard Gambetta, B.P. 77, 62102 Calais Cedex, France, Tel. [phone], Fax. [phone]. Le Channel is subsidised by
la Ville de Calais, le Ministère de la Culture et de la Francophonie, la Région Nord/Pas-de-Calais, le Département du Pas-de-Calais. Curatorial staff: Marie-Thérèse Champesme
Musée des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle, 25 rue Richelieu, 62100 Calais, France, Tel. [phone], poste 6317, Fax. [phone]. Curatorial staf: Annette Haudiquet
The organizers would like to thank: Gerlach Art Packers and Shippers, Amsterdam; Ron de Hoog, Een visie in lijsten, Maassluis; Rotterdam Arts Council, Rotterdam; Stichting Bevordering van
Volkskracht, Rotterdam; Het Ministerie van O.C.W., Rijswijk; Nedlloyd Groep, Rotterdam; Stichting Bevordering van Volkskracht, Rotterdam
ISBN 90-73362-30-X
ISBN e-book: 978-94-91435-36-2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Fish Story
Loaves and Fishes
Dismal Science: Part 1
Middle Passage
Seventy in Seven
Dismal Science: Part 2
Message in a Bottle
True Cross
Dictatorship of the Seven Seas
Epilogue
Allan Sekula: Photography between Discourse and Document
Benjamin H.D. Buchloh
A Note on the Work
Acknowledgments
Credits and Sources
To five people, for all of whom, in different ways, the sea holds meaning:
Evelyn Sekula, Stefan Sekula, Sally Stein, Stan Weir and Robert Wilkie.
FISH STORY
A sea-fight must either take place tomorrow or not, but it is not necessary that it
should take place tomorrow, nor is it necessary that it should not take place.
Aristotle, De Interpretatione

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