See below for a link to a Flickr set of the sketchnotes I made from last night’s Platform discussion – this time the guest speaker was curator and writer Bridget Crone.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/auralab/sets/72157633631347754/
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Platform #2: “The artist is not responsible to anyone”
See below for a slideshow of the sketchnotes I made from last night’s Platform discussion – this time the guest speaker was artist and curator Shaun Featherstone.
Shaun showed us his work around creating an anti-Jubilee newspaper and prompted the debate with examples by other artists such as the Artist Taxi Driver. The discussion revolved strongly around the scale of an active artist; is it enough just to be an artist in order to make a stand? Also the influence of money, selling work and getting public funding, was talked about in the context of controversial projects such as André Stitt’s “White Trash Curry Kick” and Simon Pope’s “Gallery Space Recall“. This with other examples shed light on various views on an artist’s responsibility and morality and where the limit for appropriate art is drawn. The discussion seemed to conclude that the context of art and the viewers’ individual interpretations make it difficult to provide a yes or no answer to the title.
The Platform still has two more discussions to go and they are free but you need to book. For more info and to take part in the online conversation, visit the Platform web page on the Diffusion website.
Platform #1: “Everyone is a photographer now” | Diffusion festival of photography
This May Cardiff is full of exhibitions, events and talks on photography as the international festival of photography, Diffusion takes over the city. The organisers, Ffotogallery, commissioned me to create visual notes of the festival’s Platform series of discussions the first of which took place yesterday at the Fire Island bar.
For each discussion there is a single provocation that can be also commented on online. The first session revolved around the statement “Everyone is a photographer now” with AP news photographer Matt Dunham providing a starting point with iconic photographs such as the naked child running on a path during the Vietnam War. The discussion ranged from defining what professional photography means and how citizen journalists and amateur photographers fit in the picture of present day news publishing and social media always trying to capture the immediacy of the moment.
The Platform still has three more discussions to go and they are free but you need to book. For more info and to take part in the online conversation, visit the Platform web page on the Diffusion website.
Do I have to paint you a picture?
In February I was asked to design the programme for Do I have to paint you a picture?, an international Polaroid exhibition and symposium. The brainchild of photographer Sam Perry, the exhibition and symposium had a good timing now that theoriginal Polaroid film is no longer being manufactured.* Read more…
