Follow Y/our River: A protocol for deep mapping liminal space [msdm publications]
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Photography and Site - Routes, Cartographies and Drifts
International Conference of Photography Studies
Venues:
Universidade da Madeira / Madeira University - Colégio dos Jesuítas: Rua dos Ferreiros 105, 9000-082 Funchal – [CJ]
Arquivo e Biblioteca da Madeira / Madeira Archive and Library – Caminho dos Álamos 35, 9020-064 Funchal – [ABM]
Porta 33 – Rua do Quebra Costas 33, 9000-034 Funchal
4 – 6 December 2023
The International Conference of Photography Studies, was held on 4-6 December 2023 at Colégio dos Jesuítas, Universidade da Madeira, Funchal, Portugal, with the theme Photography and Site – Routes, Cartographies and Drifts. The conference explored the ways in which photography has been used to map and represent territories, as well as documenting journeys, migrations and movements across landscapes. In addition to designating spatially defined territories, the notion of “site” has been associated with metaphorical and metonymic meanings, with historical, identity and relational dimensions, which replace or, at least, superimpose this more essential geographic dimension. Moreover, this overcoming of a more properly territorial circumscription is implicit in studies that relate photographic representation to geographic imagination, where photography emerges as a particularly apt means of defining spatiality. In this sense, from the digital revolution of the 21st century itself, where photography is inscribed as a plural practice and hybrid technique, the reconfiguration of this concept and others in its proximity, such as: that of lieux de mémoire (Pierre Nora), that of non-place (Marc Augé), or heterotopia (Michel Foucault). At the same time, we highlight the role of photography in artistic practices in different disciplinary areas, which privilege notions such as wandering, drifting and chance, namely, through the act of walking, either as an object or as a methodology or work process.
4TH DECEMBER
10h00 · 13h00 — OFICINA / WORKSHOP* – Poéticas do Arquivo: Fotopintura e outras invenções / Poetics of the Archive: Photopainting and other inventions (held in Portuguese) — ÂNGELA BERLINDE [CJ · Poente sul]
10h00 · 13h00 — VISITA/ VISIT* – Os acervos fotográficos no Arquivo e Biblioteca da Madeira: um périplo pelas áreas técnicas / funds of Madeira Archive and Library: a look into the technical facilities [ABM]
14h30 · 15h00 — Abertura Oficial / Welcome Session
15h00 · 16h00 — PAINEL 1 · PANEL 1 – João Francisco Camacho – MOD. Emília Tavares [CJ · Auditório geral]
» João Francisco Camacho: indícios da singularidade de um trabalho de paisagem na Madeira — Emanuel Brás
» João Francisco Camacho: de quantas imagens se faz uma vista — Célia Ferreira
» Projeto de documentário sobre João Francisco Camacho — conversa com Margarida Medeiros
16h00 · 16h15 — Coffee break [CJ · Sala dos Arcos]
16h15 · 18h30 — Projeção do filme SUZANNE DAVEAU com apresentação da realizadora / Projection of the film SUZANNE DAVEAU with a presentation by the director (PT – subtitled in English) — LUÍSA HOMEM
5TH DECEMBER
09h00 · 10h30 — KEYNOTE — For a photographic history of possible pasts: routes, cartography and drifts (held in Portuguese) — ANA MAUAD [CJ · Auditório]
10h50 · 12h30 — PARALLEL SESSIONS
PANEL 2 – Nineteenth Century Photographers: Views and Circulations – MOD. Rita Rodrigues [CJ · Auditório poente]
» Afonso Chaves e a Grande Viagem a África (1906) – Victor dos Reis
» Trabalhos photograficos de Portugal feitos em Julho e Agosto de 1889 por Joaquim Augusto de Sousa — Catarina Pestana
» O Paradoxo Romântico da Fotografia: a paisagem madeirense entre arte e técnica — Emília Tavares
PAINEL 3 · PANEL 3 – Circulações, identidades / Circulations, identities – MOD. Elisa Bertolotti [CJ · Auditório nascente]
» Italian Sources of Pedro II’s Photography Collection — Sofya Dmitrieva
» Periplo de Exposiciones de Patrimonio Fotográfico de la Macaronesia — Gabriel Betancor, Miguel Angel Martín
» Fotografia & asilo: Leituras da história da psiquiatria — Mariana Gomes da Costa
14h00 · 15h30 — SESSÕES PARALELAS | PARALLEL SESSIONS
PAINEL 4 · PANEL 4 – Práticas Contemporâneas e Foto-Livros / Contemporary Practices and Photobooks – MOD. Susana Lourenço Marques [CJ · Auditório Poente]
» Geografias ficcionais: fotografia, literatura e teatro em dois fotolivros de Jorge Molder e Paulo Nozolino — Filipe Figueiredo, Cosimo Chiarelli
» Num Japão e Noutro: António Júlio Duarte — José Bértolo
» A Fotografia como Lugar de Resistência Visual Generalizada: Topoï, Migrações e Desterritorializações — Raquel Schefer, Catarina Boieiro
PAINEL 5 · PANEL 5 – Cartografia e fronteiras / Cartography and borders – MOD. Paulo Catrica [CJ · Auditório Nascente]
» Mapping the Colonial Imagination: photography, imaging and digital practice — Catherine Troiano
» Fleeing villages were not photographed. Reflections on the photographic construction of colonial borders in Portuguese possessions in Africa — Teresa Flores
» From photogrammetry to cartography – What do Albrecht Meydenbauer, Sebastian Finsterwalder and Google Maps have in common? — Marco Rasch
15h50 · 17h20 — SESSÕES PARALELAS | PARALLEL SESSIONS
PAINEL 6 · PANEL 6 – Caminhar / Walking — MOD. Vitor Magalhães [CJ · Auditório Poente]
» Humanscape in Geopoetics- Visual Diagnoses of Reclaimed Land — Yue Hu
» Allt – Photography, Woodlands and Watercourses in the Highlands of Scotland — Fergus Heron
PAINEL 7 · PANEL 7 – Cartografia e contra-cartografia / Cartography and counter-cartography – MOD. Carlos Valente [CJ · Auditório nascente]
» A cidade instagramável: fotografias do Porto — Violeta Rodríguez Becerril
» Percursos marcantes de fotógrafos na paisagem cultural do Recife. Uma cartografia fotográfica e sentimental de cidade portuária no Nordeste do Brasil — Fabiana Bruce Silva
18h00 — Visita à Porta 33 | Visit to Porta 33
6TH DECEMBER
09h00 · 10h30 — KEYNOTE — Derivas – DANIEL BLAUFUKS em conversa com Ana Gandum e Sandra Camacho (sessão em inglês) Drifts – DANIEL BLAUFUKS in conversation with Ana Gandum and Sandra Camacho (held in English) [CJ · Auditório geral]
10h50 · 12h30 — SESSÕES PARALELAS | PARALLEL SESSIONS
PAINEL 8 · PANEL 8 – Arquiteturas / Architectures – MOD. Teresa Flores [CJ · Auditório poente]
» PREENCHER UM DUPLO VAZIO uma leitura crítica e mnemónica da cidade nova de Santo André 1971-2021 — Paulo Catrica
» A construção de uma identidade territorial portuguesa através da fotografia e a dimensão geográfica do olhar: arquiteto-fotógrafo António Menéres — Larissa Cunha e Luís Urbano
» A fotografia entre outros escombros — Flora Paim
PAINEL 9 · PANEL 9 – Paisagem e memória / Memoryscapes – MOD. Anne Reverseau [CJ · Auditório nascente]
» Childhood Memory in Viagem ao Sol — Inês Isidoro
» Materiality, fascination, and accessibility: the evolution of photography in Lara Almarcegui Wasteland project – Léa Battais
» Landscapes of Myth, Memory and Imagination: Ursula Schulz – Dornburg’s Memoryscapes — Lucy Rogers
14h00 · 15h30 — SESSÕES PARALELAS | PARALLEL SESSIONS
PAINEL 10 · PANEL 10 – Deslocamentos, extrativismo / Displacement, extractivism – MOD. Ana Gandum [CJ · Auditório Poente]
» Arquivos de Família: Entre Memória, Migração e Não-Lugares - Uma abordagem autoetnográfica nas práticas do documentário — Ana Sofia Almeida
» Espacialidades da distância: a máquina, o duplo, a projeção — Isabel Stein
» O grão da montanha, sobre fotografia e extrativismo — Susana Lourenço Marques
PAINEL 11 · PANEL 11 – Foto-livros e intermedialidade / Photobooks and Intermediality – MOD. Sandra Camacho [CJ · Auditório nascente]
» Adelheid Frackiewicz: Relations Among Land Art, Trauma and Translation — Adelheid von Maltitz (Frackiewicz), Suzanne de Villiers-Human
15h50 · 17h20 — PAINEL 12 · PANEL 12 – Lugares de Sobrevivência / Sites of Survival – MOD. Raquel Schefer [CJ · Auditório geral]
» Life in Vague: Existing on the Margins — Casey Hayward
» Missing and fade in the landscape — Sandra Krizic Roban
17h20 — Encerramento / Closing Session [CJ · Auditório]
Follow Y/Our River: A protocol for deep mapping liminal space
Tuesday Dec 5th, is part of PANEL 6 – Caminhar / Walking — MOD. Vitor Magalhães
[CJ · Auditório Poente] 15h50 · 17h20
» Humanscape in Geopoetics- Visual Diagnoses of Reclaimed Land — Yue Hu
» Follow Y | our River: A Protocol for Deep Mapping Liminal Space — paula roush, Tamara Stoll, Hera Santos
» Allt – Photography, Woodlands and Watercourses in the Highlands of Scotland — Fergus Heron
This proposal presents a project titled “Follow Y/our River.” The project is based on a self-initiated artist residency conducted by hḗrā, tamara, and I (paula) along the river Lea Valley, where we explored the entanglement of human and non-human bodies of water. The residency resulted in two publications, “Follow Y/our River Lea-minal Edges: Prompts for Transitory States of Being” and “Follow Y/our River: A Manual for Deep Mapping in the Lower Lea Valley.”
Our objective for this project was to develop a protocol for deep mapping that captured the diverse aspects of Lea’s liminal space. By combining photography, walking, collecting materials and field notes, the project aimed to capture the archaeological, ecological, sculptural, and archival sites in the Lea Valley. The protocol was designed to engage readers and visitors in the exploration of transitory states of being and the entanglement of human and non-human entities along the river.
The project was presented through a book launch and exhibition at the Borough Road Gallery in May 2023. The exhibition included an editorial lab that invited readers to “follow y/our river” and create their own constellation of printed matter. Visitors were be provided with a map at the entrance, guiding them to various working stations. The map features a visual index showcasing the dialogue between the artists and the fluid geography of the Lea Valley, tracing its timeline from ancient water sources to contemporary urban hydro-spectacles.
Methodology: The protocol for deep mapping involves hybrid relational methods of portraiture to capture the connection between human and non-human subjects along the river. Rituals for transitory states of being were inscribed into the landscape of the Lower Lea Valley, highlighting the traces of the East London Waterworks. Additionally, encounters with people, animals, and plant life along the river were documented, starting from its mouth and extending thirty miles north of London. This methodology ensures a comprehensive exploration of the river and its surroundings.
Impact: The resulting documentation and insights contribute to the broader discourse on liminal spaces and the significance of deep mapping as a research methodology. We created a new word, lea-minal, by drawing attention to the liminal edges of the river Lea. This term suggests the soft boundaries where materials are in a transformative relationship with each other.
For more information about the books follow the links below
TITLE: Follow y / our river lea-minal edges prompts for transitory states of being
PHOTOGRAPHY + TEXTS: paula roush, tamara stoll + hḗrā santos
PHOTOGRAPHY + EDITORIAL DESIGN: paula roush + tamara stoll
FORMAT: open book with enclosure
SUPPORTED BY: School of Arts and Creative Industries /
Centre for the Study of the Networked Image
at London South Bank University
PUBLICATION LICENSE: Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
ISBN: 978-1-7390996-4-0
PUBLISHER: msdm publications + road less travelled press
YEAR: 2023
[see book page here]
TITLE: Follow y/our river: a manual for deep mapping in the Lower Lea Valley
PHOTOGRAPHY + TEXTS + EDITORIAL DESIGN: paula roush and tamara stoll
with Y2 Photography at the School of Arts and Creative Industries at London South Bank University
FORMAT: Wiro Bound manual
SUPPORTED BY: School of Arts and Creative Industries /
Centre for the Study of the Networked Image
at London South Bank University
PUBLICATION LICENSE: Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
ISBN: 978-1-7390996-5-7
PUBLISHER: msdm publications + road less travelled press
YEAR: 2023
[see book page here]
EXHIBITION + BOOK LAUNCH : Follow y/our river lea-minal edges: Prompts for transitory states of being
SITE: Borough Road Gallery, London
DATE: May 2023
[see exhibition page here]
contact
paula roush ::: paularoush@gmail.com
msdm studio ::: msdm@msdm.org.uk