The past and the present are fused with Mahr’s work. That is the photograph printed (occurring in the past) and the object which appears in front of it (the present).
Mari Mahr
Category: Research Folder
More Notes on Vilém Flusser’s (1983) Book: Towards a Philosophy of Photography
I have decided to reread Vilém Flusser’s (1983) book: Towards a Philosophy of Photography for the reason I previously found it inspiring in my Documentary module and I hope to gain some more insight. In particular the concept of informative images as opposed to redundant images and how these two types of images effect us as we are enveloped in the 'Photographic Universe’ - (Flusser, 1983).
Sylwia Kowalczyk – Lethe (2016)
I find Sylwia Kowalczyk's work very inspiring and comparable (if quite dissimilar in appearance) to Georges Rousse’s work. Here, the art work overlaps in both cases to form a single piece except in Kowalczyk’s Lethe (2016) it is not practically seamless as the case is with Rousse’s. Rather Lethe is disjointed, using art from various sources and combining them in paper layers.
The Photographic Activity of Postmodernism – Douglas Crimp (1993)
Postmodernism has been a slippery concept for me to grasp in the past. By reading ‘The Photographic Activity of Postmodernism’ by Douglas Crimp (1993), I aim to get a better grasp of it and to relate it back to my own work if applicable.
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction – Walter Benjamin (1936)
I found this essay quite challenging to read but after reading through approximately three times I found I grasped a lot of the concepts. This made for a rewarding experience and made me think hard concerning the original art work's (and indeed the photograph's) authenticity.
Photography 3: Contextual Studies 