On November 20, 2018, I gave a presentation entitled La fabrique du modèle. La fabrique de l’intimité (The Making of the Model. The Making of Intimacy) as part of the interdisciplinary seminar Corps à l’affiche, organized by Anne-Claire Duchossoy at Bordeaux Montaigne University. This event brought together researchers from various disciplines to examine representations of the body and intimacy in visual arts and contemporary media.
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Presentation reference:
Jessica Ragazzini, (November 20, 2018), La fabrique du modèle. La fabrique de l’intimité (The Making of the Model. The Making of Intimacy), presentation as part of the interdisciplinary seminar Corps à l’affiche at Bordeaux Montaigne University, organized by Anne-Claire Duchossoy.
Modeling Intimacy: Between Norm and Transgression
The idea of the model in art and photography is based on a tension between staging and unveiling, control and spontaneity. In this presentation, I analyzed how the making of the model contributes to a visual construction of intimacy.
A Critical Look at the Image of the Body Today
By combining artistic and theoretical approaches, this presentation examined new forms of body representation and the ethical issues involved in constructing the gaze. The analysis of contemporary practices highlighted the making of intimacy as a space of tension between power, desire, and self-staging.