April in Paris — Artist Evelyn Bencicova & Screennoise
I was stopped in my tracks by the groundbreaking work of Evelyn Bencicova in collaboration with graphic sound innovator Samson G. Balfour Smith being exhibited at the Artemis Gallery in the Digital Sector of the fair.
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International Women Photographers Series—I’m So Happy You Are Here
A trailblazing book chronicling the fundamental and consequential contributions of Japanese women photographers.Mariko Takeuchi and Pauline Vermare discuss their collaborative project creating a restorative history of Japanese photography. Offering a critical and celebratory counterpoint to the invisibility of Japanese women photographers this expansive and rigorously researched book features 25 portfolios, multiple essays and an illustrated bibliography of photobooks by Japanese women photographers. This bold book embraces emotion, experimentation and provocation in myriad forms of beauty, humor, and deeply spirited connections. In this conversation, Mariko and Pauline discuss, among other things:Pulling back layers of cultural understanding of being a womenExpanding vocabulary and objects of studyWomanhood, daughterhood and caregiving Physical involvement with the mediumUtilizing self-portraiture to reclaim agency over one's bodyMaking tangible that which is invisibleAn outward expression of internal experienceIncluding the voices of photographers in the essays and textMaking and remaking meaningReferenced in the episode:ApertureRencontres d’Arles Exhibition I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese women Photographers From the 1950’s to NowA World History of Women Photographers by Luce Lebart and Marie RobertThe Third Gallery AyaPGI GalleryBehind the Camera: Gender, Power, and Politics in the History of Japanese Photography / Created by Dr. Kelly McCormick and Carrie CushmanWhat They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women, 1843–1999 by Russet Lederman and Olga YatskevichWomen Making Art: History, Subjectivity, Aesthetics by Marsha MeskimmonLiving a Feminist Life by Sara AhmedWorld Economic Forum, Global Gender Gap Report 2023Self-Portraits by Yurie NagashimaUme-me - Todays Happening by Ume KayoThe Memories of Others - Akihiko Okamura / Photo Museum Ireland
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International Women Photographers Series—Linda Troeller: Sex Death Transcendence
Linda Troeller’s self-portraits are compiled into a luscious tour de force of womanhood, identity and aging.Troeller utilizes her relationship with the camera to understand herself and a woman’s place in the world across decades. Her history traverses that of a beauty contestant, potential lawyer, photojournalism student, model, muse, photo teacher, photographer, provocateur and activist. With conviction, insight and wisdom Troeller celebrates and generously shares her embodied strength and fragility. In this conversation, Lindadiscusses, among other things:Universalizing the personalProvocation aka myth-bustingThe circular relationship of punctumLinda-nessSelf-portraiture, performance and installation Exploring internal and external ageismSacred water explorationsBook decisions - ie: including titlesSequencing, process and collaboration Ghost Ranch, Leonora Carrington, Sophie Calle and Carolee SchneemanReferenced in the episode:Healing Waters FilmMuseum of Sex ExhibitionChelsea HotelErotic Lives of WomenOrgasmTBWLeica Gallery Exhibition - LAMade of Rivers by Emory HallChico Hot SpringsNeither Give Not Take Away - Sophie Calle at Arles
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International Women Photographers Series—Fast Forward: Anna Fox & Karen Knorr
Two intrepid photographers and professors discuss the myriad educational strategies they activate and lead to enhance and strengthen women’s presence in photography. Anna Fox and Karen Knorr share how they empower visual storytellers by engaging a global network of practitioners, academics and curators who exchange resources, challenges and strategies toward achieving gender parity in photography. We hear how they conceived and built Fast Forward, their multi-pronged research organization responsible for establishing data, developing project-based teaching tools and convening worldwide themed conferences. Lastly, we wrap by learning of their 8-year-long road trip following the route established by Bernice Abbott. In this conversation, Anna & Karen discuss, among other things:Data on the underrepresentation of women photographers Addressing and critically analyzing gender inequalities in workshop formatsImpact of motherhood and caregiving roles on professional photographers Teaching as an adjunct to pursuing one’s photographic workCoalition-building, nurturing collaborative efforts and creating global conferences to discover hidden stories of and by women visual storytellersIdentifying key gate openers and partnering with willing arts and educational institutions Network-building from exhibition practicesAmbition, Synergy and Foresight Reaching for inclusion with innovative strategiesGrants, grants and grantsHistory of their multiple road trips photographing togetherImage and text dialogReferenced in the episodeManifestoReport on Equity and InclusionFast Forward Putting Ourselves in the PictureThe Other Observers by Val WilliamsImpressions GalleryUniversity of the Arts LondonTateMEPWork Show GrowNational Portrait GalleryTrolley BooksT.J. Boulting Gallery
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International Women Photographers Series—Camera Geologica
Camera Geologica: An Elemental History of Photography by Dr. Siobhan Angus is the lens through which we explore the multi-media artwork of Rosell Meseguer and Kosisochukwu Nnebe. This deeply researched and resourced book contextualizes the dark side of photography, the mining and extraction of elements that make printing possible. Our conversation centers on the many intersections of image-making and resource extraction. The deep scholarship of my guest's practices makes manifest the complex relationship between photography, colonization, labor, ecological, economic and social impact. In this conversation, Siobhan, Rosell and Kosisochukwudiscuss, among other things:Flipping photography on its headImplication and possibilities of the interaction of light with metalsExtraction of rare earth elementsProcess-based practices - artists thinking out loud Ideas, materiality & visibilityArt exploring gaps and erasure in archivesChlorophyll printingColonial historiesFood policy, manufacturing and distributionTalking about the past & the present simultaneouslyConnecting science & artIlluminating economics in our daily life choicesArt creating theoryReferenced in the episode:Dr. Siobhan AngusRosell MeseguerKosisochukwu NnebeHiền HoàngWomen and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her by Susan Griffin
Concept Aware® shares the creative practice of contemporary photographers and explores the bookmaking process. We discuss the power of photography to change individual lives and affect positive social change.
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