Taking on a more serious tone, this series of public talks aims at deepening the understanding of photography beyond a mere mechanical reproduction by a common gadget, but as a medium that influence the way we perceive the world, and essentially a part of our lives.
Aesthetic Journalism: Reality and its Representation
Over the past five years Alfredo Cramerotti has written about the aesthetic merger of contemporary visual art & photography practices and the news media. By adopting the ubiquitous tropes of graphic mapping and Magnum style photography, an increasing number of photographers and artists have borrowed from these visual languages to present their work in a context closely aligned with investigative journalism. Drawing from his recent book Aesthetic Journalism: How to inform without informing (2009, Intellect), Cramerotti will speak about the growing overlap between global news media and contemporary visual practices.
Date/Time: Sat 16 October 2010, 2pm – 3pm
Venue: Singapore Art Museum, Glass Hall
Free Admission with registration
Limited to 50 pax
Speaker: Alfredo Cramerotti
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Katsura: Picturing Modernism in Japanese Architecture, Photographs by Ishimoto Yasuhiro
Nakamori will explore the nuanced and complex relationship between architecture and photography in post war Japan (1953 – 1970), and the profound impact photographs had on the interpretations of Japanese tradition in modern architecture. This talk will be based on the exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Katsura: Picturing Modernism in Japanese Architecture, Photographs by Ishimoto Yasuhiro, and the publication with the same title, distributed by Yale University Press.
Date: Sun 17 October 2010, 2pm
Venue: Singapore Art Museum, Chapel
Free Admission with registration
Limited to 80 pax
Speaker: Yasufumi Nakamori
About the speaker: Yasufumi Nakamori is Assistant Curator of Photography of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH). He is also one of the curators for SIPF 2010.
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