Heart of Darkness (first published in 1899) is a story of trade and corruption, and of our own conflicts and desires. They also form the illustrations for this new publication of Conrad’s novella, which takes the form of a luxury magazine. The resulting photographs were first exhibited at Peer, London under the title Mistah Kurtz – He Not Dead.Ī selection of these images now form part of the Archive, they can be found filed under ‘Heart of Darkness, 2014’. In a reversal of roles, Banner commissioned Paolo Pellegrin, a Magnum conflict photographer who has worked extensively in the Congo, to observe the City of London – its streets and trading floors, its costume and surrounding strip-clubs – through Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. After much time delving into the archive, Banner observed a lack of images relating to conflict in the here and now. In 2012, Fiona Banner was invited to create an exhibition of works drawn from the Archive of Modern Conflict, a London-based collection of photographs and ephemera relating to war and conflict.
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