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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Main Author: Jonathan Tichit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Bourgogne 2023-06-01
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".
ISSN:2647-6754