Une archéologie photographique du présent
This paper analyzes the way in which certain artists deviate from the traditional motif of the grandiose centuries-old ruin, by photographing remains that are no longer ancient. While some of them rehabilitate the aesthetics of the picturesque and work to identify the traces of a recent past, in the...
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| Language: | English |
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Université de Bourgogne
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Interfaces |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/interfaces/6675 |
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| Summary: | This paper analyzes the way in which certain artists deviate from the traditional motif of the grandiose centuries-old ruin, by photographing remains that are no longer ancient. While some of them rehabilitate the aesthetics of the picturesque and work to identify the traces of a recent past, in the manner of industrial archeology, others are more concerned with current societies and what they leave behind them, deploying a form of metaphorical temporality that could be called "archeology of the present". |
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| ISSN: | 2647-6754 |