INVESTIGADORES
BERTI Agustin Federico
artículos
Título:
Kurtis' "vandalised" photographs: on the problem of technical images in post-documentary photography
Autor/es:
AGUSTÍN BERTI
Revista:
Flusser Studies
Editorial:
Flusser Studies
Referencias:
Lugar: Lugano; Año: 2010 vol. 10 p. 1 - 19
ISSN:
1661-5719
Resumen:
Walter Benjamin's "Work of art in the age of its mechanical reproduction" and Vilem Flusser's Filosofia da caixa preta have defined photography as a key problem towards developing a philosophy of technology. I'll discuss their concepts in relation to experimental practices in post-documentary photography which I consider a fertile ground to discuss the similarities and differences underlying different approaches to technology in Flusser and Benjamin. To contrast Benjamin's mechanical reproducibility and Vilem Flusser's technical images, I would like to analyse the processes of regaining an aura by means of a subversion of the photographic technology in contemporary photography. The creative intervention on the photographic camera, process and results involved in Argentinean photographer Seba Kurtis' images of contemporary migrants offers an interesting case to discuss these problems.
