“For a people to be rendered visible, indivisible,
Amanda Gorman, Pictures and Progress
vivid and vibrant as all the glass we carry,
We cannot just have a vision of justice.
We must be able to envision ourselves in that vision
for justice to be served,
For the right to representation that we all deserve.”
Reflections – Topic 1
All the Glass We Carry
The first film in this topic, All The Glass We Carry, we are introduced to the power of montage to disrupt archives past and present, while also being asked to challenge the unexpected intoxicating power of visual storytelling. In doing so, we contemplate responsibility for the local and revisit the assumptions and positions entrenched or forced upon us. In response, returning to the source of images arguably offers ways of navigating, mapping and developing a methodology.
- Can you describe your methodology in terms of the past, montage and the non-fictive?
- How much do you rely upon stories to support your images?
- What methodological assumptions do you make in your practice that need to be challenged?
Reflections – Topic 2
Now Loading
Consider what the present moment means for others and their relationship to photography as well as your own position within the medium.
Consider how your images can co-exist and interact within established graphic contexts as well as alongside other visual media. Not only are there opportunities to try different strategies here, but you are also encouraged to place your work in less familiar contexts.
“(The migrant) is both a window and a mirror: natives can see the world through him (her), and at the same time, they see themselves, if only in a distorted view.”
Vilem Flusser – Writings (2002:102)
“The question of freedom is not the question of coming and going, but rather of remaining a stranger. Different from others.”
Vilem Flusser – Writings (2002:108)
Visual Methodologies – Gillian Rose
https://www.miguelangelmartinez.net/IMG/pdf/2001_Rose_Visual_Methodologies_book.pdf
Look at JoAnn Verburg’s work.