Photography
The teaching area of photography focuses on conceptual work and experimenting with the photographic medium.
Starting out from the perception of photography as a medium that represents reality, students will explore the difference between the photographic depiction and the depicted subject as a way of discovering the possibilities, conditions and boundaries of the medium. This can also involve going beyond the realm of photography and incorporating other media. Possible areas of study include works that straddle the border between still and moving images, or practices that combine ‘hand-crafted’ approaches with machine-based or photographic methods of recording.
We look at how photographic images have been used by artists in previous decades, but also how photographs turn up in different areas of present-day society and the influence they have upon the viewer’s gaze – considering, for example, the use of product photography by manufacturing companies, the pictures generated by surveillance technology or everyday images created with camera phones. Another interesting aspect is the relationship between photography and painting, as painting has had the most significant influence on our idea of what makes a ‘successful’ image.
Studying art photography is not just a matter of reflecting upon the medium, however; it also involves engaging with historical, social, political, local, private or marginal themes, subjecting these to careful examination and evaluating one’s own particular interest in them, with a view to subsequently working on these topics using photographic means or another medium.
The aim is for students to develop their individual artistic stance, which may also be clearly opposed to the content and themes described above. In this respect, the realm of photography serves as a reflective framework within which students are encouraged to formulate their own position.
Starting out from the perception of photography as a medium that represents reality, students will explore the difference between the photographic depiction and the depicted subject as a way of discovering the possibilities, conditions and boundaries of the medium. This can also involve going beyond the realm of photography and incorporating other media. Possible areas of study include works that straddle the border between still and moving images, or practices that combine ‘hand-crafted’ approaches with machine-based or photographic methods of recording.
We look at how photographic images have been used by artists in previous decades, but also how photographs turn up in different areas of present-day society and the influence they have upon the viewer’s gaze – considering, for example, the use of product photography by manufacturing companies, the pictures generated by surveillance technology or everyday images created with camera phones. Another interesting aspect is the relationship between photography and painting, as painting has had the most significant influence on our idea of what makes a ‘successful’ image.
Studying art photography is not just a matter of reflecting upon the medium, however; it also involves engaging with historical, social, political, local, private or marginal themes, subjecting these to careful examination and evaluating one’s own particular interest in them, with a view to subsequently working on these topics using photographic means or another medium.
The aim is for students to develop their individual artistic stance, which may also be clearly opposed to the content and themes described above. In this respect, the realm of photography serves as a reflective framework within which students are encouraged to formulate their own position.
aktuelle Seminare
Aktuelles Fachseminar: Case Studies - Under Construction
Prof. Beate Gütschow, Alex Grein
Prof. Beate Gütschow, Alex Grein
Freitag wöchentlich 11:00 – 13:00
Erster Termin 16.04.2021
Filzengraben 2, Aula
Im Fachseminar „Case Studies – Under Construction“ werden Arbeiten von Studierenden im Projektraum CASE besprochen und als eine Gruppenausstellung innerhalb oder außerhalb der Hochschule oder auch im virtuellen Raum gezeigt. „Under Construction“ verweist auf die schon antizipierten Planungsunsicherheiten durch die Pandemie: Noch wissen wir nicht, welches Ausstellungsformat im Frühling und Sommer möglich sein wird.
Die künstlerische Praxis und das Ausstellen haben sich durch die Pandemie radikal verändert:
Kann/muss/soll deshalb der Ausstellungsraum neu interpretiert werden?
Können digitale Ausstellungsformate das physische Erleben der Arbeiten ersetzen?
Verändert sich die Kunstwahrnehmung durch neue virtuelle Ausstellungsformate?
Die geplante Ausstellung geht bewusst mit dem physischen und dem virtuellen Raum und dessen institutioneller Rahmung um. Im Seminar werden die Arbeiten der Studierenden in Hinblick auf die
geplante Gruppenausstellung entwickelt und Präsentationsformen hierfür diskutiert, darüber hinaus werden auch andere studentische Projekte im Gruppenkolloquium besprochen.
Aktuelles Grundlagenseminar: Fotografie II
Prof. Beate Gütschow, Alex Grein, Heiko Diekmeier, Claudia Trekel
Prof. Beate Gütschow, Alex Grein, Heiko Diekmeier, Claudia Trekel
Grundlagenseminar Fotografie Grundstudium
Donnerstag wöchentlich 14:00 – 16:00
Erster Termin 15.04.2021
Filzengraben 2, Aula
Bei diesem Seminar handelt es sich um die Fortführung des Grundlagenseminars Fotografie I im Wintersemester 2020/21. Ziel ist es, den eigenen künstlerischen Ansatz weiterzuentwickeln und eine Arbeit in der gemeinsamen Ausstellung zu präsentieren. Bei den technischen Inputs liegt der Schwerpunkt auf der analogen Fotografie: Es werden analoge Mittelformat- und Großbildkameras
erprobt, des Weiteren wird das Entwickeln von SW-Filmen und das analoge Abziehen von SW-Fotos vermittelt.
Voraussetzung ist die erfolgreiche Teilnahme am Grundlagenseminar
Fotografie I.
