Recently I was accepted on a peer-to-peer event called Pop-up common room, and one of the things we had to do was to read a book called Ways of Seeing by John Berger, I did not read the book although now I think is worth to take a look to it, instead, I saw a four-episode collection of videos on youtube.
I have to say that this was a very positive surprise, and I feel that many of the things said by him resonate a lot with my ideas.
There are particular passages on these videos that I am planning to share at the research discussion due on the 9th of March.
The first fragment is about how we see things and how images are manipulated and transformed by the use of the camera to reproduce them, I really feel that there is a strong link with my research paper.
At the end of this same fragment, I found a strong connection with my present practice and how images could be used to create space.
The next fragment gains a huge importance within my current practice as I am able to use still images in combination with a moving camera and even sound. I really like it when he talks about the corridor between the viewer and the painting.
This other little fragment resonates with my idea of the META-IMAGE
This other fragment from episode 4 also enriches my idea of the META-IMAGE
My reflection:
At the moment I am quite interested in two specific topics i.e. spatial metaphors and the Meta-image, Berger has given me wonderful insights about images and the way we use them and abuse them, I think I should take a look at his book and also look for references to other authors that reflect about visual culture.
