On Perfection

Jo Longhurst

Description

Based on a 2012 symposium on Perfection, held at the Whitechapel Gallery in East London, this book explores the ways in which artists engage with ideas of perfection, drawing on screenings, performances and discussions. The symposium featured the work of an eclectic group of artists and writers, who use photographic lenses of many kinds to create works that engage with or disrupt ideas of perfection. Framed from an artist’s perspective and spanning a diverse range of artworks that question how these ideas shape our personal identities and our social and political systems, On Perfection considers the multifaceted nature of lens-based practices.

 

INTRODUCTION – Jo Longhurst FOREWORD – Alfredo Cramerotti A NOTE FROM OUR SPONSOR – Robert Hiscox DESPOILING THE IDEAL – Eva Stenram ON PERFECTION & AFFIRMATION IN STREET PHOTOGRAPHY – Mark Durden LEADING PLATO INTO THE DARKROOM – Clive Cazeaux FAILURE & PERFECTION: FILM WORKS BY JULIAN ROSEFELDT –Julian Rosefeldt CLIVE CAZEAUX & JULIAN ROSEFELDT DISCUSSION – Chaired by Liam Devlin THE EFFORT OF PERFECTION: PERFORMING ADOLESCENCE – Catherine Grant OTHER SPACES: NEW WORKS WITH ELITE GYMNASTS – Jo Longhurst A PERFECT MYTH – Ray Müller, Director of The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, In Conversation with Ceri Higgins ERNST JÜNGER & POST-HUMAN PERFECTION – David Evans SEEING THROUGH – Francette Pacteau BOUNDARY LINES – Leslie Dick, with Audrey Wollen PERFECTING DESIRE: RECONCILING MEMORY – Jonathan Whitehall A PERFECT STRIKE: DOUBLE STANDARDS & ATTACKS ON PERFECTION – Michal Heiman JONATHAN WHITEHALL & MICHAL HEIMAN DISCUSSION – Chaired by Liam Devlin THE PERFECT STUDENT – Oriana Fox ZIDANE: A 21ST CENTURY PORTRAIT, A FILM BY DOUGLAS GORDON & PHILIPPE PARRENO – Dan Hill EREWHON – Jane and Louise Wilson DECONSTRUCTING GENDER IDENTITY & NON-PERFECTION IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF YURIE NAGASHIMA – Marco Bohr LOUISE WILSON & MARCO BOHR DISCUSSION – Chaired by Mark Durden

Sujets

• Photographie
• Photographie
• General
• Photography
• General officer
• Julian Rosefeldt
• Performing Arts

Informations

• Publié par: Intellect Books
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783203024
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 29 Mo

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C O N T E N T S

INTRODUCTION JO LONGHURST

FOREWORD ALFREDO CRAMEROTTI

A NOTE FROM OUR SPONSOR ROBERT HISCOX

DESPOILING THE IDEAL EVA STENRAM

ON PERFECTION & AFFIRMATION IN STREET PHOTOGRAPHY MARK DURDEN

LEADING PLATO INTO THE DARKROOM CLIVE CAZEAUX

FAILURE & PERFECTION: FILM WORKS BY JULIAN ROSEFELDT JULIAN ROSEFELDT

CLIVE CAZEAUX & JULIAN ROSEFELDT DISCUSSION CHAIRED BY LIAM DEVLIN

THE EFFORT OF PERFECTION: PERFORMING ADOLESCENCE CATHERINE GRANT

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OTHER SPACES: NEW WORKS WITH ELITE GYMNASTS JO LONGHURST

A PERFECT MYTH RAY MÜLLER, DIRECTOR OF THE WONDERFUL HORRIBLE LIFE OF LENI RIEFENSTAHL, IN CONVERSATION WITH CERI HIGGINS

ERNST JÜNGER & POSTHUMAN PERFECTION DAVID EVANS

SEEING THROUGH FRANCETTE PACTEAU

BOUNDARY LINES LESLIE DICK, WITH AUDREY WOLLEN

PERFECTING DESIRE: RECONCILING MEMORY JONATHAN WHITEHALL

A PERFECT STRIKE: DOUBLE STANDARDS & ATTACKS ON PERFECTION MICHAL HEIMAN

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JONATHAN WHITEHALL & MICHAL HEIMAN DISCUSSION CHAIRED BY LIAM DEVLIN

THE PERFECT STUDENT ORIANA FOX

ZIDANE: A 21ST CENTURY PORTRAIT, A FILM BY DOUGLAS GORDON & PHILIPPE PARRENO DAN HILL

EREWHON JANE AND LOUISE WILSON

DECONSTRUCTING GENDER IDENTITY & NONPERFECTION IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF YURIE NAGASHIMA MARCO BOHR

LOUISE WILSON & MARCO BOHR DISCUSSION CHAIRED BY MARK DURDEN

ABSTRACTS & BIOGRAPHIES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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hîs pubîcaîon ceebraes a woday symposîum, ‘On Perecîon’, wîc ook pace a e Wîecape Gaery, ondon on 2nd–3rd February 2012. Saged as a cuura response o e Oympîcs, e even provîded a îmey opporunîy o quesîon ow an îdea o perecîon înorms bo îsorîca and conemporary pracîces în poograpy and Im; and ow ese în urn sape our experîence o beîng în e word. Wen ï orîgînay conceîved îs projec, ï was keen o expore ow we engage wî îdeas o perecîon, and aso o îdenîy wa ose îdeas mîg be – e erm perecîon avîng many connoaîons: pysîca, mora, pracîca and aeseîc. To îs end, ï învîed a group o arîss and wrîers wose ececîc ensbased pracîces engage or dîsrup îdeas o perecîon o quesîon ow ese îdeas sape our persona îdenîîes and our socîa and poîîca sysems. Durîng programmîng, numerous oer quesîons suraced, încudîng a cenra conundrum around e reaîon o e noîon o perecîon o a work o ar. ïndeed, îs ere suc a îng as a perec work o ar? And, î suc a îng exîss, ow mîg we recognîze î? Mîg î învove îmmacuae consrucîon, perec ecnîque, a capurîng o e decîsîve momen? Or îs a perec arwork someîng more eusîve, înangîbe, subîme? Are perecîonîs endencîes în e maker a necessary prerequîsîe or a perec arwork? Or, conversey, îs e îdea o perecîon serîe? Do conemporary arîss preer o embrace cance appenîngs, accîdens, împerecîons în orm or ecnîque o grasp e essence o an îdea, or o open up new ways o înkîng? Aemps o grappe wî suc undamena quesîons on îdeas o perecîon în conemporary pracîce, and în e conex o our cuura and poîîca erîage, provîded a sarîng poîn or e magnîIceny dîverse conrîbuîons o îs voume. Aoug ere was a sporîng read o e symposîum – orîgîna ooage o Rîeensa’s Oympîa and er dîscussîon wî dîrecor Ray Müer o bo er înnovaîve Imîng ecnîques, and er reaîonsîp wî e Nazî eîe; Dougas Gordon and Pîîppe Parreno’s subîme anîeroîc porraî o Zîdane, ‘e oa oobaer’;

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