Elisa Giardina Papa: She Flickered In and Out of History

From ICA London

She Flickered In and Out of History is a new video and mixed-media installation by interdisciplinary artist Elisa Giardina Papa (b. Italy; lives and works in New York, U.S., and Sant'Ignazio, Sicily). In 1831, an underwater volcanic eruption gave rise to a new landform between Tunisia and Sicily, sparking a violent sovereignty dispute among European powers. Six months later, the island vanished beneath the surface. She Flickered In and Out of History explores the geological,...