Author: Elodie Manai
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Jean-Pierre Latour Award: Encouraging Critical Thinking in Contemporary Art (2014-2019)
From 2019 to 2024, I was an organizer and jury member for the Jean-Pierre Latour Award, which rewards the best student exhibition review. This award promotes critical thinking in contemporary art and led, in 2021, to the Devenir l’œuvre conference, exploring the reappropriation of works and personification in exhibitions. An enriching experience combining analysis, transmission,…
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Instructor under Clause 9.02 (2019)
In 2019, I taught Exhibition: Theory and Practice at UQO under Clause 9.02. This experience allowed me to combine theory and practice to introduce students to curatorial issues and artistic mediation.
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Article: The Influence of Literary Monsters on the Post-Human Body (December 2018)
My article “The Influence of Literary Monsters on the Post-Human Body,” published in MERIDIAN of CRITICISM, explores how the figure of the literary monster influences post-human art. From Frankenstein to cyborgs, these motifs are reappropriated by artists like ORLAN and Joel-Peter Witkin to question the transformations of the body.
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Presentation: The Making of the Model. The Making of Intimacy (November 20, 2018)
On November 20, 2018, I gave a presentation on the making of the model and intimacy as part of the Corps à l’affiche seminar at Bordeaux Montaigne University. This talk explored the staging of the body in photography and art, questioning the tensions between natural and artificial, control and spontaneity, as well as the new…
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Presentation: Photography Today: The Supremacy of the Female Object ?(November 15, 2018)
On November 15, 2018, I gave a presentation on the objectification of women in contemporary photography during the workshop The Body in All Its Forms at the University of Franche-Comté. This talk explored the persistence of visual stereotypes, artistic strategies of resistance, and the impact of digital technology on representations of the female body in…
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Methodology of University Research in Art: The Perspective of a PhD Candidate (October 19, 2018)
During my presentation “Methodology of University Research in Art,” I shared my experience as a PhD candidate with students in museology and arts practice at UQO. This presentation addressed methodological issues, the balance between theory and practice, and the challenges of research in art.
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Presentation: After the Myth of Freedom: Photographing the Shadow Society Post-’68 (October 4, 2018)
On October 4, 2018, I gave a presentation on transgressive post-’68 photography at the Rebelles conference at the University of La Rochelle. Through the works of Molinier, Strömholm, Witkin, and Mapplethorpe, this talk explored the margins, rebellious bodies, and social protest, questioning the relationship between photography, identity, and censorship.
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Article: Max Aguilera-Hellweg: Photographing the Simulacrum of the Human Body (June 2018)
Why did Max Aguilera-Hellweg shift from photographing the human body to capturing that of robots? In my article “Max Aguilera-Hellweg, Photography from Surgery to Robotics,” published in Angles The Journal | Digital Subjectivities, I explore how his work probes the boundary between flesh and machine, questioning our perception of the body in the age of…
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Presentation: Photographic Science Fiction (April 4, 2018)
On April 4, 2018, I gave a presentation entitled La science-fiction photographique (Photographic Science Fiction) at the symposium Science-fiction, prothétisation, cyborgisation at Université Lyon I. This talk explored representations of the augmented and posthuman body in contemporary photography, questioning the connections between art, technology, and anticipation through cybernetic imaginaries and futuristic bodily mutations.
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Art History Tutor at the University of Grenoble Alpes (2017-2018)
Art History Tutor (2017-2018) – Supporting students at the University of Grenoble Alpes through artwork analysis, debates, and methodology, fostering confidence and critical thinking.