Built photography was an exhibition that brought together 16 of Australia's leading artists who explore photography as a physical construction. "Why are artists constructing objects as photography?" is the question leading this research outcome. Arguably one of photography’s defining aspects is its flatness, its surface plane. Built photography proposes a conversation between photography’s material, its surface and form and especially its objectness, against which the flatness of the photographic plane is interrogated. Through processes of ‘inflation’, photographs disrupt the two-dimensional surface to complicate the spatial relationship between the content of an image and its physical form.
NTRO Output Type
- Curated Exhibition, Event or Festival
NTRO Output Category
- Curated Exhibition, Event or Festival : Exhibition/event
Place
Melbourne, AustraliaVenue
Museum of Australian PhotographyNTRO Publisher
Museum of Australian PhotographyStart Date
2024-06-08End Date
2024-08-25Medium
photographyResearch Statement
Built photography was an exhibition that brought together 16 of Australia's leading artists who explore photography as a physical construction. Led by the question "Why are artists constructing objects as photography?" Built Photography extends on the contemporary conversation on the photographic led by the question “What is a photograph?”
Arguably one of photography’s defining aspects is its flatness, its surface plane. Built photography proposed a conversation between photography’s material, its surface, form and especially its objectness, against which the flatness of the photographic plane is interrogated. Through processes of ‘inflation’, photographs disrupt the two-dimensional surface to complicate the spatial relationship between the content of an image and its physical form.
This exhibition was held the Museum of Australian Photography Australia’s leading contemporary art gallery focussing on photography. The research was supported with funding of $51,000 by the gallery. 16 artists contributed work, the exhibition included three new commissions which were then acquired into the museum collection. Built Photography was reviewed by Art Almanac and Arts Hub, had over 7000 visitors, 59 education and public programs with over 700 participants and was shortlisted for the AGDA awards for Best Exhibition Design.Size or Duration of Work
3 MonthsAffiliation
Kiron Robinson, University of Melbourne
