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Urban Myths. A series of photographs included in the touring exhibition ‘Topophobia’ and published in American Photographers; TAG magazine. The project was reviewed in Redeye Photography Network, The Double Negative, The Sevenstreets and AN interface and presented at conferences Photography and Theory, North East Photography Network, Topophobia, Central St Martin’s.

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Uta Kogelsberger

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Abstract

Urban Myths is a practice based photographic research project that re-thinks an idea of American landscape within photography into a critical portrait of America today. It frames urban environments that have seemingly grown overnight irrespective of their natural environment. These visual manifestations of a drive to wealth are juxtaposed with landscapes we associate with an ideal of untouched wilderness that no longer exists. By juxtaposing these two contrasting spaces the series seeks to create as much a psychological geography of the environment as a document of a physical reality. (the failure of the system that supports them) Normal.dotm 0 0 1 306 1654 University of Newcastle 30 9 2144 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Methodologically, the series is shot at night using long exposures, staging and artificial lighting. As a result the urban infringement on the natural environment is manifested in the recording of light pollution, be it through light trails, the residual glow of a city or trails of planes that hint at an invisible network that maps the world through flight paths. My use of long exposures treats photography as a time based medium where the experience of time is one of a condensation instead of a linear progression. Furthermore the work questions the convention of the photographic tableau, through new means of presentation. Exhibtions; Topophobia, touring exhibition curated by Eggebert-Gould, Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London, Bluecoat, Liverpool, Spacex Exeter. European Sovereign Art Prize (Barbican) Publications; Topophobia, 122pp, Distributed by John Rule Art Book. Funded by the Arts Council and the National Lottery. Re-Taking LA, edited by Amanda Beech and Matthew Poole. Published by Urbanomic Press. 2013 TAG magazine, NYC, USA. (magazine) American Photographers, USA. (website and book) Reviews: Redeye Photography Network, The Double Negative, The Sevenstreets and AN interface. Conferences. Photography and Theory, North East Photography Newtwork, Topophobia Central St Martin’s. Other esteem indicators; Advisory Panel North East Photography Network

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Artist(s): Kogelsberger U

Publication type: Exhibition

Publication status: Published

Year: 2012

Location: London

Source Publication Date: January 2012

Media of Output: Portfolio

Notes: Urban Myths is a practice based photographic research project that re-thinks an idea of American landscape within photography into a critical portrait of America today. It frames urban environments that have seemingly grown overnight irrespective of their natural environment. These visual manifestations of a drive to wealth are juxtaposed with landscapes we associate with an ideal of untouched wilderness that no longer exists. By juxtaposing these two contrasting spaces the series seeks to create as much a psychological geography of the environment as a document of a physical reality. (the failure of the system that supports them) Methodologically, the series is shot at night using long exposures, staging and artificial lighting. As a result the urban infringement on the natural environment is manifested in the recording of light pollution, be it through light trails, the residual glow of a city or trails of planes that hint at an invisible network that maps the world through flight paths. My use of long exposures treats photography as a time based medium where the experience of time is one of a condensation instead of a linear progression. Furthermore the work questions the convention of the photographic tableau, through new means of presentation. Exhibtions; Topophobia, touring exhibition curated by Eggebert-Gould, Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London, Bluecoat, Liverpool, Spacex Exeter. European Sovereign Art Prize (Barbican) Publications; Topophobia, 122pp, Distributed by John Rule Art Book. Funded by the Arts Council and the National Lottery. Re-Taking LA, edited by Amanda Beech and Matthew Poole. Published by Urbanomic Press. 2013 TAG magazine, NYC, USA. (magazine) American Photographers, USA. (website and book) Reviews: Redeye Photography Network, The Double Negative, The Sevenstreets and AN interface. Conferences. Photography and Theory, North East Photography Newtwork, Topophobia Central St Martin’s. Other esteem indicators; Advisory Panel North East Photography Network

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