Overview
Alfredo Jaar (lives and works in New York) is internationally acclaimed for projects which challenge our readings of recent historical and political subjects. For Stories for an Uncertain World, Jaar presents a public intervention titled I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On. Consisting of a publicly sited neon sign, the work quotes the closing words of The Unnamable, a 1953 novel by Samuel Beckett. The neon is accompanied by regular performances which disperse the text through the city’s streets.
For Jaar, these words articulate a perfect metaphor for the era we live in, “a time of absolute chaos and confusion, where the collapse of ideologies and traditional politics is amplified by a dazzling array of technological developments; an era of alternative realities, otherwise known as the post-truth moment. How do we act in the world today?”.
For details of accompanying performances head to https://edinburghartfestival.com/whats-on/detail/alfredo-jaar-i-cant-go-on-ill-go-on-performances
Supported by the Scottish Government’s Festivals Expo Fund, EventScotland and British Council Scotland. With additional support from David Narro Associates and kind permission of National Museums Scotland.
When
25 July – 25 August
24hr
Where
West College Street
West College Street, adj. to National Museum of Scotland,
Edinburgh, EH1 1JF
Contact
0131 226 6558