Class Contemporary Photography

The course aims to present the discourses and languages present in contemporary photography. Whenever possible, it establishes the necessary links with the disciplinary areas of contemporary art and discourse, cinema, and intermediate languages. It recognizes the photographic image as an object of thought and knowledge in its various contexts. Develop research skills and methodologies that enable the development of theoretical work with oral presentation to the class. Understand concepts inherent to contemporary photographic and artistic practice. Be able to produce practical exercises in photographic language.  

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1- Art and artwork. The phenomenon of art based on the reading of texts (M. Duchamp, M. Heidegger, A. Tarkovsky, Ad Reinhardt) 2 - Photography as art, art as photography. The expanded use of photography 3- Photography in relation to the concepts of appropriation, reproduction, and citation; based on the works of S. Calle, C. Boltanski, C. Sherman, S. Levine, R. Prince, among others;  4- The cinematic and its relationship with the moving image  5- Approaches to cinema. 6- Archive and memory; from A. Warburg to W. Tillmans 7 - The Düsseldorf school and its main protagonists; 8 - The image as object;  9- Ethics and aesthetics; 10- The crisis in the image, real vs. virtual, AI and its paradigms, from J. Fontcuberta to B. Eldagsen;  11 - Contemporary visual discourses and narratives; 12 - Designing and developing a project; 13- Festivals (e.g., Imago Photo Festival, Encontros de Imagem); platforms (Parallel Platform); exhibitions and publications  

The curricular unit has a theoretical-practical nature, including the presence of practical exercises. In this way, the methodologies range from the development of cognitive and reflective skills, encouraging analysis and criticism, to proposals for statements to carry out practical exercises. Study visits to exhibitions and festivals / visits to artists’ studios;  

AA.VV; Appropriation; ed. lit. David Evans; (Ed. MIT Press, 2009) ¿AA.VV; Photography: A critical introduction; ed. Lit. Liz Wells; (London; New York: Routledge, 2004) AA.VV; Mutations perspectives on photography; Edited by Chantal Pontbriand; (Ed. Gottingen: Steidl, 2011) ¿AA.VV; Art and photography; ed. Lit. David Campany; (Phaidon; London, 2003). ¿AA.VV; The cinematic; ed.lit. David Campany; (London, Whitechapel, 2007) ¿Almeida, Bernardo Pinto de; O plano de imagem, Lisboa, (Assírio & Alvim, 1996) ¿Almeida, Bernardo Pinto de; Imagem da fotografia, (Ed. Assírio & Alvim, Lisboa, 1995) Belting; Hans; Antropologia da imagem; (Ed. KKYM+EAUM, 2014, Lisboa) ¿Barthes, Roland; A Câmara Clara, Edições 70, Lisboa, 1981 Fontcuberta, Joan; La Furia de las imagenes, Ed.Galaxia Gutenberg, S.L., 2020  Rito, Ana. "Tomar peso à imagem: ensaio". In PANTA RHEI_Programa curatorial da Bienal de Fotografia de Vila Franca de Xira BF22,  2023