philthosophy

The victorian college O’Farts presents monthly exhibitions at VC(F)A’s Margaret Lawrence Gallery 4 Dodds Street, SOUTHBANK VIC 3006.. parallel to st kilda rd, turn right then left after the fountains outside NGV on st kilda road. These exhibitions are generally good, but jam-packed and require elbows for access to the drink (n snacks?) tables. But, you know, art of upcomers is there too…such as:

Chantal Faust, Pleasure Machines, 2008 Opening night Thursday 19 June 6-8pm>? What happens when the digital optical scanner is used for the photographic reproduction of three-dimensional objects? The flatbed scanner seems an inappropriate technology for such a task. But what results is a complex aesthetic phenomenon that prompts a profound consideration of the differences between an analogue, lens-based culture of photography and an emergent screen-based digital culture. A relatively new technology, the flatbed scanner is generally not associated with the reproduction of tactile objects and it is not commonly used as a vehicle for artistic expression. This form of image making in relation to the history of photography and the current state of digital production is yet to be fully explored within contemporary art theory and criticism. Faust’s PhD aims to show that the scope of this enquiry includes a significant contemporary theoretical debate concerned with libido and the philosophy of desire, with its repertoire of new aesthetic concepts identified with “sensation” and “affect”.