當社會中的真實已比虛幻還虛幻,而虛幻遠比真實還真實,有時不禁要問,我們所處的現實世界,究竟是一種什麼樣的狀態呢?攝影曾被託付的「寫真」、「紀實」功能,如何從弔詭的擬像世界出走?這次我們試圖探看攝影中現實與超現實的面向。
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若說2011年是衝突動盪的年度應不為過。今年國際間發生了不少大事,包括「阿拉伯之春」掀起的連鎖起義、日本強震海嘯引發的緊急核安問題、蓋達基地組織首領賓拉登遭美國狙殺,乃至近期強人領袖格達費在利比亞內戰中被反抗軍處決及疑遭虐待等等事件,籠罩在各種環境衝突、政治衝突、社會衝突與報復主義中,全球度過了暴力的一年,卻未為暴力劃下句點。
Comments closed攝影是觀看與解讀的過程,但當我們解讀影像的速度,再也追不及影像生產的速度,對於當代攝影的存在狀態是什麼,以及未來攝影的發展模樣會是什麼,我們有滿腹的好奇,促使我們在這裡提問、討論,沒有限制地尋找可能的答案。
Comments closed《Voices of Photography攝影之聲》是一份影像文化獨立刊物。自2011年創刊以來,每期介紹攝影創作,藉由與藝術家、出版人、策展人、藝術機構和相關工作者的對話思辨,以及持續推動影像閱讀、評論與攝影史的書寫,探索攝影的創作概念、文化、歷史與思潮。
《攝影之聲》長期關注亞洲的攝影發展歷程,重視亞際連結,並致力爬梳影像文獻,集結許多研究學者共同參與撰述,透過每期不同的主題視野,製作出豐富的專題與單元。同時,在引介新進創作者的「SHOUT特輯」系列,以多樣而不定型的表現,呈現年輕藝術家的作品與思索,成為一份份特別的當代視覺筆記;《攝影之聲》也投入整理藝術家的創作檔案與手稿,陸續推出藝術家專號,收錄許多第一手的藝術創作資料;近期並以「影言社」為名出版影像書寫評論,是台灣少數專注於攝影與視覺文化論述領域的獨立出版單位,曾多次獲頒台灣出版界最高榮譽「金鼎獎」獎項。
Voices of Photography is an independent publication dedicated to image culture. Since its inception in 2011, VOP has been exploring the creative concept, culture, history and philosophy behind photography by featuring photography works, interviews with artists, publishers, curators, art organizations and related professionals, and continually promoting imagery reading, critique, and the writing of photography history.
Paying close attention to the development of photography in Asia, VOP places special importance on inter-Asian connections. By combing through image literature and collating writings through collaborative effort with research scholars, VOP has presented rich and varied features and topics in every issue. At the same time, every issue of “SHOUT”, a series specially created to showcase the works and thoughts of emerging artists and presented in diverse formats, is a unique visual notebook of contemporary art. VOP is also working on putting together archives of creative works and manuscripts of artists, publishing them in special artist issues that feature never-seen-before works for the first time. Now engaging in the publication of written work and criticism through VOP BOOKS, VOP is one of the rare few independent publishers in Taiwan that focuses on photography and visual art, earning the Golden Tripod Awards, the highest honor in Taiwan’s publishing industry.
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