Care as Action in Image-Making
BRING YOUR SOCKS (WORKSHOPS)30 June, Sunday
12:30-2:30 PM
Black Box
*Free with Expression-of-Interest by 7 June
12 spaces availableIn today’s oculocentric world, how do we actually read a photograph? In this workshop, Chelsea Chua and Nurul Huda Rashid delve into the importance of the photograph as a tool of communication across various media. In the arts, photographs are used and reproduced in marketing and publicity channels in advertisements, media reportage, policy documents and resources in curriculums. On social media, we also see behind-the-scenes images from rehearsal spaces, artist studios and work-in-progress presentations.
How can we approach the creation and circulation of such images through a lens of care? Through a discursive process, participants will collectively unpack select case studies and simultaneously create a resource on how to care better in working with images in the arts.
Note: Participants of this workshop will have to bring one image of their own. This can be a headshot or one that has been used recently for an artistic work.
ABOUT THE ARTS WORKERS
CHELSEA CHUA
Chelsea Chua (she/her) is a cultural worker who frequently works with artists, photographers, curators and filmmakers across Southeast Asia to develop projects such as exhibitions, talks and mentorships. She is Programme Director at Objectifs, a visual arts centre focused on photography and film.
IG: @iamchelseachua
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Photo credit: Joe Nair
NURUL HUDA RASHID
Nurul Huda Rashid (she/her) is a researcher-writer whose research focuses on images, visual and sentient bodies, feminisms, and the intersections between them. These have been articulated through visual projects, workshops, and programmes with various art and cultural institutions. She loves smelling old books and hopes to adopt a cat someday.
IG: @nurulh_rashid
nurulh.weebly.com
