King's announces new exhibition: Traces of War

26 October - 18 December 2016 - King's College London, Inigo Rooms, Somerset House East Wing - Admission is free - Traces of War is a new exhibition from King's College London. It is the result of collaborations between the Department of War Studies at King's and three international artists. As the 'everyday' of battle is brought into the gallery space, Traces of War hopes to represent the paradoxical dynamic of war and the everyday - its enduring imprint upon both the body politic and the subject of international politics. Working primarily with photography, film and multimedia installations, all three artists have direct experience of conflict and war zones, from Iraq to India, Bangladesh to Afghanistan. We see war in all kinds of spaces and locations, some predictable and others less so. The elements of war are present in our everyday lives, in our daily routines; from violence, antagonisms, discourses of exclusion, displacements and populations on the move. There is a resonance in Michel Foucault's observation that the 'roar of battle' travels silently in our modes of being and interactions, discourses and institutions, and the practices we take for granted.