Tag: contemporary photography
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Outre: Between Gravity and Transcendence in the Work of SMITH (May 2024)
The exhibition Outre by SMITH, curated by Thérèse St-Gelais, explores the notion of transcendence through weightlessness and bodily transformation. Between immersive video and photography, the artist questions identity, movement, and gravity as metaphors for posthuman mutations. This article analyzes how Outre redefines the relationship between science, art, and bodily perception.
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![Choisir et Fonder: A Reflection on Chosen and Founded Families [March 13 > April 13, 2024]](https://jessicaragazzini.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/434664724_1163615174645402_2680999239142767265_n.jpg)
Choisir et Fonder: A Reflection on Chosen and Founded Families [March 13 > April 13, 2024]
In 2024, I co-curated Choisir et Fonder with Mona Greenbaum at Galerie UQO. Through JJ Levine’s portraits, the exhibition explores chosen and founded families, questioning emotional ties that transcend conventional boundaries.
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Frankenstein or the Modern Photographer: Reflections on Creation and Image (November 2023)
What if the myth of Frankenstein resonated within contemporary photography? In my article “Frankenstein or the Modern Photographer,” published in Frankenstein and His Creature, from Yesterday to Today, I explore the parallels between the figure of the scientist and that of the photographer. Both shape a new reality, navigating between image manipulation and the quest…
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Bridging Artistic Photography and Fashion Photography (October 21, 2021)
During the webinar Les réseaux francophones de la recherche en Arts & Médias: Québec / France, I gave a presentation on the connections between artistic photography and fashion photography. This intervention explored the evolving boundaries between these two disciplines, their mutual influence, and their status in contemporary art, examining the transformation of the body and…
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From Fiction to Photographic Science Fiction: Between Imagination and Prosthetization of the Body (November 2019)
Science fiction has long explored the transformations of the human body through prostheses, whether medical, augmentative, or purely conceptual. “From Fiction to Prosthetic Science Fiction” focuses on how these technologies redefine our relationship with the world and ourselves. Between compensation and enhancement, these devices shape a new hybrid identity, a central subject in the science…
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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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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…