8pm
Directed by Hubert Sauper
(2004,106 mins, colour DVD)
Sauper’s film examines the 1960s experiment that introduced Nile Perch fish into Lake Victoria, the largest African lake shared by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. A voracious predator, the Nile Perch extinguished almost the entire stock of the native fish species. However, the new fish multiplied so fast that its white fillets are today exported all around the world. Huge, hulking ex-Soviet cargo planes come
daily to collect the latest catch in exchange for their southbound cargo of Kalashnikovs.
Park Nights 2009
Park Nights is an annual series of events staged every Friday night in the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. This year’s programme includes music, theatre, performances, talks and film screenings. The website gives details of the events that run over the summer until September. The season culminates in October with Poetry Marathon, the latest in the Gallery’s acclaimed series of Marathons, conceived by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Serpentine Gallery Co-Director.
All events are held in the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009
Designed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA
All Park Nights tickets £5/£4
Available from the Gallery Lobby Desk or Ticketweb: 08700 600 100
www.ticketweb.co.uk
Hubert Sauper
Darwin’s Nightmare 2004
Film still
© 2009 Hubert Sauper and Coop 99
