‘Different lives have different resonances’: Naeem Mohaiemen explores Kent State shootings’ place in US history

Artist’s installation looks into two 1970 shootings that symbolise cultural divides that still shape US politicsThe Kent State shootings – when four college students were shot dead by the National Guard during a Vietnam War protest in May 1970 – is seen as a seminal moment in modern US history. The iconic photograph of a young woman screaming as she kneels over the body of a peer came to symbolise the political and cultural divides that still shape US politics, while the event was immortalised in the song Ohio by Neil Young.But just 10 days after Kent State, another campus shooting – this time of two black students by the police at Jackson State – went relatively unnoticed. It’s a juxtaposition the artist Naeem Mohaiemen brings to bear in his new film installation, Through a Mirror Darkly, at London’s Albany House. Continue reading...

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