Katedra fotografie FAMU

We can not touch past neither future with our hands. Naturally, in language we can cancel out time, replace past with future, avoid the present.

Julie Béna’s practice constitutes an eclectic set of references, combining contemporary and ancient literature, high and low art, joking, and seriousness, parallel times and spaces.

The digital age has accelerated and subverted the process of producing, sharing, and promoting artworks to such an extent that it is now clear that it needs to reconsider and redefined.

While machine-readable images have by now become a constant reference point for photographic theory and contemporary visual media studies, our event turns to the question: what are the specialised expert-readable image practices that cater to the technical specificities, institutional demands, and particular knowledge-roles of visual culture.

The unlimited supply of visual information determines our perception of reality.