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Photography and the Organic Nonhuman: Photographic Art with Light, Chlorophyll, Yeasts, and Bacteria




AuthorsVuorinen Jane

PublisherROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Publication year2023

JournalKonsthistorisk tidskrift/Journal of Art History

Journal name in sourceKONSTHISTORISK TIDSKRIFT

Journal acronymKONSTHIST TIDSKR

Volume92

Issue1

First page 1

Last page17

Number of pages17

ISSN0023-3609

eISSN1651-2294

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1080/00233609.2023.2194276

Web address https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00233609.2023.2194276

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/179839457


Abstract

The concept of nonhuman in relation to photography has recently been mostly theorized through technology, while organic nonhuman agents and processes at work in photography have received less attention. In this article, works by three contemporary Finnish artists who incorporate organic materials and processes into photography are analyzed to renegotiate the borders between photography, bioart, and science. This leads to a rethinking of the dichotomy between the concepts of technological and organic in the context of contemporary photographic art. Combining new materialist and posthumanist theories with photography history and theory allows for a multidisciplinary method that recognizes the worth of both human and nonhuman agents and processes at work. The artworks are analyzed as temporal and processual, taking into account their performative qualities.


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