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domingo, 17 de janeiro de 2010

“The Obsolescence of the Photographic Object”

INTRODUÇÃO – The Obsolescence of the Photographic Object pela curadora do Metropolitan Museum of Art Mia Fineman



"In this excerpt, Mia Fineman, photography curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, presents the topic of discussion for the panel. She gives a presentation on how photography has always been a medium revolving around manipulation, even before Photoshop, and how we contextualize and view these images today. What does it mean when we no longer keep our photographs in shoeboxes and albums, but on the hard drives of our computers? What does it mean when we no longer experience photographs as physical objects, but rather images that reside on screens? This panel discussion addressed how our perception of photographic images has changed in the digital age – an age that is making obsolete the way images have been made and perceived for over a century. As our relationship to images is transformed, what are the things that are lost and gained from this transformation? This panel discussion took place on February 25, 2009, at The New School and is part of the series Confounding Expectations: Photography in Context presented by Aperture in collaboration with Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School and Parsons The New School for Design." [Aperture Foundation]  


1ª PARTE – The Obsolescence of the Photographic Object, oradores: Mia Fineman e Leslie Hewitt 

 

"Mia Fineman, curator of photography at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, introduces the panel and gives a presentation about how photography has always been misleading, even before Photoshop. She gives examples of how photographs can be contextualized and altered in order to sway their meanings. Leslie Hewitt presents her work, Riffs on Real Time, and describes her working and thought processes. She is interested in the everyday and the transformative power of circumstance or situation (Modern Painters) and how images reflect the past and are able to compress time into the present." [Aperture Foundation]


2ª PARTE – The Obsolescence of the Photographic Object, oradores: Mark Wyse e Miranda Lichtenstein




"In this clip, Los Angeles based photographer and teacher at UCLA, Mark Wyse talks about and presents work from his series Marks of Indifference and his curatorial project, Disavowal where he questions the nature of photography and how it is perceived. Throughout his talk Wyse describes how he feels the idea of guilt plays a part in the creation of his work. He also shows new work from his book project, Seizure. Miranda Lichtenstein discusses how her work straddles reality and fantasy through various photographic mediums. Lichtenstein shows her body of work created during her residency at Giverny, Monet's garden. She describes her working process dealing with reappropriation, and how working with new tools in a new environment resulted in the subsequent images relating to ideas on still-life." [Aperture Foundation]

 
3ª PARTE – The Obsolescence of the Photographic Object, oradores: Mia Fineman, Leslie Hewitt, Mark Wyse e Miranda Lichtenstein

 

"In the first of two parts of the panel discussion, Mia Fineman, curator of photography at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, discusses how change is inherently relevant for photography. The panelists also speak about how the transition from analog to digital, and the side-effects associated with it, will transform how photography is seen and discussed. They elaborate on how, specifically, digital technology is changing the state of physical photography and how it relates to institutions and the value of a photographic image." [Aperture Foundation]  


4ª PARTE – The Obsolescence of the Photographic Object, oradores: Mia Fineman, Leslie Hewitt, Mark Wyse e Miranda Lichtenstein

 

"In this (…) last part of the panel discussion, the panelists conclude their discussion talking about the possibility of digital storage for museums in the future and how technology could soon out date physical images. Afterward, the panelists take questions from the audience." [Aperture Foundation]

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