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Exhibition Bromóleos. Fotografía pictorialista. Joaquim Pla Janini
Exhibition showing the relationship between the work of the author Joaquim Pla Janini, pictorial photography and the sea. This is a unique opportunity to disseminate the work of this photographer, as well as his unknown and little studied slope over the sea, showing for the first time the collection of the 34 transported bromoils that […]
2 events,
Conference “Aturar la reiteració, alterar l’explotació contínua”, by Michaëla Danjé / Cases Rebelles, at the KBr
Conference “Aturar la reiteració, alterar l’explotació contínua”, by Michaëla Danjé / Cases Rebelles, at the KBr
In September 2018, when the publication of the book Sexe, race et colonies was announced to the sound of drums and cymbals, proclaiming an unprecedented iconographic profusion of 1,200 images concentrated in a luxurious coffee table book-type edition, the irruption of the text «Les corps épuisés du spectacle colonial ” interrupted such vehemence and marked […]
2 events,
Conference “El futur de Xile en les fotografies del salnitre”, by Xavier Ribas, at the KBr
Conference “El futur de Xile en les fotografies del salnitre”, by Xavier Ribas, at the KBr
The visual history of saltpetre, popularly known as "Chilean nitrate", consists of a few (few) photo albums made by saltpetre entrepreneurs, mostly of British origin. It is a photographic record documenting the process of saltpeter extraction in the Atacama Desert between the 1870s and 1920s. This legacy, which is preserved in Chilean archives and libraries, […]
2 events,
Conference “Les reparacions fotogràfiques i el més-que-humà”, by T. J. Demos, at the KBr
Conference “Les reparacions fotogràfiques i el més-que-humà”, by T. J. Demos, at the KBr
In the face of the tragic event of extinction of the multispecies we are experiencing, the depiction of the disappearance of the more-than-human appears as a melancholy photographic practice. But what about the politics of its aesthetics? The imagery of lost species can cynically commodify the loss or serve as a liberal duel repertoire, connecting […]
