Barbican Art Gallery has invited conceptual documentary photographer and Deutsche Börse Photography Prize winner Richard Mosse to create an immersive multi-channel video installation in the Curve. In collaboration with composer Ben Frost and cinematographer Trevor Tweeten, Mosse has been working with an advanced new thermographic weapons and border imaging technology that can see beyond 30km, registering a heat signature of relative temperature difference. Classed as part of advanced weapons systems under International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Mosse has been using this export controlled camera against its intended purpose, to create an artwork about the refugee crisis unfolding in the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Libya, in Syria, the Sahara, the Persian Gulf, and other locations.
Mosse is renowned for work that challenges documentary photography. Born in Ireland in 1980, Richard Mosse lives and works in New York and Ireland.
| Duration | 15 February 2017 - 23 April 2017 |
| Times | Sat–Wed 11am–8pm (bank holiday 12noon–8pm) Thu–Fri 11am–9pm (bank holiday 12noon–9pm) |
| Cost | Free |
| Venue | Curve Gallery |
| Address | Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, , |
| Contact | 020 7638 8891 / art@barbican.org.uk / http://www.barbican.org.uk/ |