Persistence of Image in the Streets
Research class by Harry Gamboa Jr.
The research element of this course will be involved in creating momentary perceptual change via the interaction between the human body (walking, talking, laughing, dancing) and the built environment of common/private space that can result in complex outcomes to bring social expectations into question.
Students will be directed to engage in individual/group ephemeral actions/performed portraiture in relation to the surrounding architecture, infrastructure, and natural elements of Antwerpen to create visual spectacle that will reflect contemporary social, cultural, and psychological states of awareness/absence.
The uniquely lived experience by participants of such actions is transformed when digital documentation is disseminated via social media, print media, and as publicly projected imagery to provide visual representation that is intentionally evidentiary and illusive.
These actions will be documented via digital photography.
Each class day, the instructor will provide related stories/ideas as prompts for ephemeral action to take place external to campus location. Discussion related to the process of utilizing created image content for social impact will be subject to discussion.
In collaboration with Nico Dockx, Inge Henneman, Stefan Wouters and Thomas Crombez
(image: The Sixth Expanse, 2015 ©2015, Harry Gamboa Jr., Virtual Vérité (l-r): Loan Nguyen, Steven La Pansie, Carolina Maki Kitagawa, Francesco X. Siqueiros, Joseemar Coreas, Nebras Hoveizavi, Vincent Ramos, Vilma Villela)
Harry Gamboa Jr.
Harry Gamboa Jr. (born 1951) is an American Chicano essayist, photographer, director, illustrator, and performance artist. He was a founding member of the influential Chicano performance art collective Asco.
>> This research class is part of the Research Week during the annual research festival ARTICULATE.
