If the function of theory is to explain and enrich our understanding of images, there is also an ‘eroticism’ of experimentation and practice in the processes of photography that challenges these theories—something we cannot explain but must feel, as Susan Sontag suggests.
We believe that art “invites reflection, but eludes any defining thought about its content,” as Henk Borgdorff wrote in his study on academic research through artistic practice. In this publication, the expression is photographic.
The works presented by alumni result from prolonged investigations and experiences, discussed and showcased through various mediums and contexts. All were developed in the context of the Final Project modules of the Bachelor’s in Photography and the Master’s in Cinema and Photography.
The ‘Impressions’ by Ari Mouroa and Teresa Ribeiro are the outcome of a semester spent accompanying a group of elderly participants from the Senior University of Vila das Aves. While researching and learning, they also shared their knowledge with a collective of individuals eager to learn more about how to express themselves through images. Until then, their interaction with photography was mainly through family photographs kept in albums or passepartouts.
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School of Media, Arts and Design, Póvoa de Varzim and Vila do Conde