20/03/2022
Join the audience of the workshop ‘Learning Redux’
Let's talk: a moderated discussion between the image makers and the audience.
📍 Venue: Cirque Auditorium, KASK & Conservatorium Gent
Workshop given by Russian-American photographer and educator Alexey Yurenev and Chinese interdisciplinary art practitioner Vera Yijun Zhou. Both studying at KABK Photography, Den Haag.
During the workshop Alexey Yurenev and Vera Yijun Zhou will attempt to bridge a group of image makers with their audience. Assembling a group consisting of a diverse group of individuals from all walks of life connected via teleconference with the creators. Through a roundtable/ think tank format questions will be raised about the role of the image and its circulation today.
👉 Sign up by sending an email to [email protected]
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Context: Photography education stays in what Walter Benjamin called ‘the Age of Mechanical Reproduction’ without following up with the high-speed growing landscape of technology and media. Photography students are taught to feed the machine of conventional media. How to make a perfect photo essay. How to survive and succeed as a photojournalist, focusing on the marginalized subjects and employing reactive visual strategies. On the other end of the spectrum, new media education focuses on innovation through self-reflection, collaboration which often lacks a platform and is ghettoized in its own circles. In both cases the ultimate goal is to create a body of work on an individual practice.
