A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Photography and the Organic Nonhuman: Photographic Art with Light, Chlorophyll, Yeasts, and Bacteria
Authors: Vuorinen Jane
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Publication year: 2023
Journal: Konsthistorisk tidskrift/Journal of Art History
Journal name in source: KONSTHISTORISK TIDSKRIFT
Journal acronym: KONSTHIST TIDSKR
Volume: 92
Issue: 1
First page : 1
Last page: 17
Number of pages: 17
ISSN: 0023-3609
eISSN: 1651-2294
DOI: https://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 address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/179839457
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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