Item 0070 - The Visitor

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Reference code

ES OVNI CTX-S013-SS007-0070

Title

The Visitor

Date(s)

  • 2009 (Accumulation)
  • 2007 (Creation)

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Item

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Video

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Scope and content

The Visitor is an almost mythical account of the artist's audience with Oba Erediauwa, the current king of Benin (in southern Nigeria) and takes the form of a photo-essay. A local narrator follows the artist into the Oba's palace and recounts the conversation between the European visitor and the royal host and his court of chiefs. The exchange centers on the Benin Bronzes (which were famously looted by the British in 1897 and are now in over 500 museums and collections mainly in the West), on collective memory and the demand for restitution.

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Conditions governing access

Press: Yes; Catalogue: Yes; Itinerancies: No; Online archive: No; Television: No

Conditions governing reproduction

copyright

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

    Language and script notes

    Physical characteristics and technical requirements

    Llengua: Inglés. Països: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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    Related units of description

    images/posters/2706_The Visitor_VoEng.jpg

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    Publication note

    2009: Rizomas - Archivo rizomas

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    Note

    No online

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    No traduit

    Note

    Proyecciones: 1 (2009) — Rizomas

    Alternative identifier(s)

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    the-visitor

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    Description identifier

    ES_OVNI_2007_orluri001-the-visitor

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    OVNI

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    Dates of creation revision deletion

    Language(s)

    • Catalan

    Script(s)

    • Latin

    Archivist's note

    compart a Lux distrubution

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