Diary Rooms: Being Human on the Front Line in Afghanistan
To purchase Diary Rooms: Being Human on the Front Line in Afghanistan, please click here: Diary Rooms: The Book. Diary Rooms: Being Human on the Front Line in Afghanistan This book […]
To purchase Diary Rooms: Being Human on the Front Line in Afghanistan, please click here: Diary Rooms: The Book. Diary Rooms: Being Human on the Front Line in Afghanistan This book […]
mima in partnership with Contemporary Art Society presents a special afternoon event with multi-media artist Derek Eland. He will be speaking about his extraordinary life, practice and acclaimed exhibition Diary […]
Derek Eland is a regular speaker at arts conferences and events in the UK and overseas. To enquire about availability, fees or to make a booking, please contact the artist. […]
Wanting to create art which was engaging, immediate, raw and above all honest, these narratives paint a picture of Afghanistan different to that we hear about on the news. The […]
In 2014 the artist created a sculptural installation concerning the monitoring and conservation of bees. This installation was a transcription of a photograph the artist had taken a number of […]
Diary Rooms Afghanistan describes the results of Derek Eland’s time as an official war artist in Afghanistan in 2011. The artist visited Afghanistan last year to create a ‘Diary Room’ […]
In 2013 the artist worked in collaboration with Bournemouth University Dementia Institute. Using Diary Rooms the artist and project team engaged with people with dementia to ask the question: what is it like to live with […]
The Wall Project resulted from Derek Eland’s residency and walk across Hadrian’s Wall in the UK in 2011. He was both moved and shocked by the state of this 2000 […]
“The daily threat of being wounded or killed on patrol, the boredom of life in camp, and missing family and friends at home. The personal thoughts of British soldiers serving […]