11/04/2019
Vesna Mićović
FAKE PHOTOGRAPHY
Fake, nerealno ili nešto što samo izgleda kao pravo. Falsifikat sa namerom da prevari. Imitacija ili jednostavno na srpskom, Foliranje.
Oduvek je postojalo nešto neodoljivo u vezi foliranja i fotografije, pa je još davne 1840-te. napravljen taj prvi autoportret, koji kao da je bacio čini ili usud na sve Selfije do danas. Bio je to autoportret Ipolit Bajarda (Hippolyte Bayard 1801-1887) ili prava fotografija lažnog davljenika. Baš kao i danas-lažni dokaz sa dobrom namerom. Fotografiju je pratilo i objašnjenje da se eto on, Ipolit Bajard, utopio očajan zbog nepravde. Bilo je i komentara da "fotografija ostavlja utisak realnosti sa fantazijom snova". Izgleda da je već tada bilo jasno da će fotografija predstavljati nešto što je važnije od istine.
O FOTOGRAFIJAMA
Fake Photography je "performans" u prostorima Venecijanskog bijenala, Foto festivala u Arlu i u nekim galerijama i muzejima... Ovo jesu autoportreti, ali kao i kod lažnog utopljenika ili u radovima Sindi Šerman (Cindy Sherman) ni ovde temu ne treba tražiti u "pojavljivanju autora".
Tema ove serije nalazi se u pozadini i u tim zatečenim scenama i tudjim fotografijama, koje se sada pojavljuju kao deo novog rada. Ovako prisvojene, te značajne fotografije velikih autora, postaju neka nova stvarnost, jer u fotografiji stvarnost treba tražiti tamo gde želimo da je vidimo, a ne tamo gde se ona zaista nalazi.
Serija govori i o onim nevidljivim procesima u umetnosti; kao što su uticaji drugih autora ili verovanje u tudje ideje i prisvajane tudjih zaključaka. Fake Photography upravo ilustruje one viruse uma, zbog kojih sve genijalne ideje, koje pokupimo, postaju naše. Na ovim fotografijama taj fiktivni svet uzora, idola i uticaja postaje vidljiv i stvaran.
O AUTORU
Vesna Mićović (1965. Beograd) je vizuelni umetnik, fotograf i profesor fotografije na Novoj akademiji umetnosti u Beogradu.
Teme njenih radova istražuju izgled, značenja i ulogu fotografije u savremenoj umetničkoj praksi.
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Fake, unrealistic or something that just appears to be right. False with the intention to deceive. Imitation or in Serbian quite simply Foliranje.
There is something irresistible in "Foliranje". In the early 1840s, the first self-portrait was composed and taken and seems to have excited a desire or thrown a challenge for all Selfies up to this day. It was the self-portrait of Hippolyte Bayard (1801-1887). A Real photograph of a fake drowning man. Just like today, false evidence with good intent. This photo also had an explanation: that he Hippolyte Bayard drowned himself in despair, because of injustice. There were comments, like today on Instagram, that "photography leaves the impression of reality with a fantasy of dreams". Already it was clear that photography would represent something more important than the truth.
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY
"Fake Photography" is a project where I posed and "performed for the camera" in galleries and museums, in different places and on different occasions like the Arles Photo Festival or the Venice Biennale. These are self-portraits in front of the photos of other authors, but as in the case of the fake drowning man, or of the work of Cindy Sherman, this subject should not be looked for in the "appearance of the author". The subject is located somewhere in the scene and in the background.
The subject is in the artworks of other artists which are now in backgrounds and appear here in Fae photography as part of the new work. After appropriation, these photos now become some new reality.This series illustrates those invisible processes of the influences of other authors, and coming to believe in other ideas, the appropriation of other conclusions, or of all the viruses of the other minds, as a result of which all the ingenious ideas which we pick up become ours. In these photographs, this fictitious world of patterns, idols, and influences becomes visible and real. After all, reality be sought where we want to see it, and not where it really is.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Vesna Mićović (1965 Belgrade) is a visual artist and photographer. The subjects of her works explore the appearance, meaning, and role of photography in contemporary art practice. Vesna Micovic is a Professor of Photography at the European University, New Academy of Arts in Belgrade.
