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Aesthetic Journalism [seminar], 2009
Talk, seminar, workshop
Open Seminar organised by Nottingham Trent University School of Art and Design in association with a range of city galleries and studios.
Alfredo Cramerotti in The Studio at BROADWAY Media Centre – A writer and curator of QUAD, Derby, Alfredo speaks about the way that contemporary art uses journalistic and documentary processes and how an aesthetic approach, in turn, can be implemented into the journalistic realm, which is the theme of his new book, “Aesthetic Journalism” (Intellect Books & büchs’n’books — Art and Knowledge Production in Context, Volume 2, 2009)
"Aesthetic journalism, in my view, should work on the border of reality and fiction, using documentary techniques and journalistic methods but self-reflecting on those means; ultimately, it is not about delivering information but questioning it, reversing the tradition of both fields (art and journalism)." A. Cramerotti
Circularity, Narrative & Aesthetic translation, 2009
Talk, workshop
Presentation and discussion of "ISTAN-BUL" within a practice-based research symposium at University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK, in collaboration with the Research Institute for Media, Art and Design and the Teaching and Learning Directorate – – –
Symposium, Screenings & Performances: “The Circular Ruins” is a short story from Jorge Luis Borges’ book Labyrinths. Using the story as starting point, this practice-based research symposium explored forms of circularity within literature, poetry, music, film, video and performance with an emphasis on the presentation of creative artefacts and processes. Sessions include:
- Circular narratives: loops and stories without ends / - Narrative verisimilitude: stories never told and films never made / - Aesthetic translation: images from words / - Poetic evocation: words for images / - Forking paths: movement, time and interaction – – –
Presenters include Desmond Bell, Documentary filmmaker, Queens University Belfast; Stuart Croft, Artist Filmmaker, Royal College of Art; Steven Eastwood, Artist Filmmaker, University of East London; Jason Lee, Writer, University of Derby; Jaime Estrada Torres, Editor, London Film School; Gavin Stewart, Writer, University of Bedfordshire; Sarah Pucill, Filmmaker, University of Westminster; Helen Bailey, Choreographer, University of Bedfordshire; Inga Burrows, Filmmaker, University of Glamorgan; Joanna Callaghan, Artist Filmmaker, University of Bedfordshire; Alfredo Cramerotti, Exhibitions Curator, QUAD, Derby; Nigel Robinson, Writer, University of Bedfordshire; Lesley McKenna, Writer, University of Bedfordshire; Maria Wiener, Videomaker, University of Bedfordshire. Curated by Joanna Callaghan. – – –
http://pbrsymposium.wikidot.com/symposium-1 and http://pbrsymposium.wikidot.com/list-of-presentations
Fact, Facticity and the Imagination by Raqs Media Collective, 2008
Talk, discussion
Moderator of lecture by Raqs Media Collective, artists, filmmakers and curators, under the series "Aesthetic Journalism" - Fellowship in Theory and Art Criticism at Kunstlerhaus Buchsenhausen Innsbruck, Austria.
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The origins of Raqs Media Collective's practice lies in documentary filmmaking, and though they have traversed a long distance from the empiricist imperative of mainstream documentary making, documents themselves, and other forms that gesture to the notionally real, continue to intrigue them. Raqs' work has occasionally investigated these folds and fissures in the documentary mode to create correspondences between fact, facticity (the appearance of something as factual) and the imagination. In this talk, Raqs will rehearse an itinerary through this disputed territory, which is claimed contentiously and simultaneously, by reality and some of its close relations.
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Raqs (Monica Narula, Jeebesh Bagchi, Shuddhabrata Sengupta) is a collective of media practitioners based in New Delhi that works in art practice, new media, filmmaking, photography, media theory & research, writing, criticism and curation. Raqs co-curated Manifesta7.
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Image courtesy Raqs media Collective
Documentary Uncertainty Relation by Hito Steyerl, 2008
Talk, discussion
Moderator of lecture by Hito Steyerl, film-maker and author, under the series "Aesthetic Journalism" - Fellowship in Theory and Art Criticism at Kunstlerhaus Buchsenhausen Innsbruck, Austria. Steyerl's lecture attempted an answer to "What is the documentary form?" This question has been raised over decades. As no definitive answer can be found, the only certainty remains as to the uncertainty of the documentary forms traditional truth claims.
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Image courtesy by Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen
An aesthetic approach to investigative journalism, 2008
Talk, discussion
Lecture under the series "Aesthetic Journalism" - Fellowship in Theory and Art Criticism at Kunstlerhaus Buchsenhausen Innsbruck, Austria.
Round-up of Fellowship with the presentation of the book Aesthetic Journalism. The research on topics such as the interrelationship between art and journalism and the relationship of both to how we consume culture come to a conclusion in the form of a lecture and an open discussion with the audience.