Scanography: photographic art between the realms of sight and touch

Scanographs are photographs made using a scanner, and they have become increasingly present in contemporary photographic art in the expanded field. In this article, I examine the artistic processes of three artists working with scanners and analyze their works through their relationships with the se...

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Main Author: Jane Vuorinen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
Series:Journal of Aesthetics & Culture
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20004214.2024.2427404
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Summary:Scanographs are photographs made using a scanner, and they have become increasingly present in contemporary photographic art in the expanded field. In this article, I examine the artistic processes of three artists working with scanners and analyze their works through their relationships with the senses of sight and touch. These works open up spaces for a haptic gaze, where the tactile qualities of the working processes of the artists are mediated through the images. I use theoretical sources centering on sight and touch, presence and absence, analogue and digital to suggest ways of considering these qualities not as opposing characteristics but rather as simultaneous polarities.
ISSN:2000-4214