Permanent Ghost, 2010
Jem Cohen
Permanent Ghost, 2010
26 chromogenic prints
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of the Artist
Installation view
Photo by Plamen Galabov
Biography
Much of Jem Cohen's work is commissioned and has been shown at festivals, museums and events throughout the Americas and Europe. Cohen has also collaborated with musicians including Patti Smith, Terry Riley, Fugazi, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, DJ Rupture, R.E.M. and Vic Chesnutt, as well as writer, Luc Sante. A book about Cohen’s work Signal Fires: The Cinema of Jem Cohen was published in 2010.
This person is part of Sharjah Biennial 10
Related
Permanent Ghost
These intermixed photographs of Tangier, and Cohen’s home city, New York, all originated as three-inch-square polaroids – a discontinued format.
Le Bled (Buildings in a Field)
Jem Cohen and Luc Sante were invited to Tangier to collaborate on a short film in a city where neither had ever been.
Sharjah Biennial 10: Plot for a Biennial
Accompanying and complementing the main premise of Sharjah Biennial 10, Plot for a Biennial explores the concept of a ‘conversation’ through printed matter.