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
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20004214.2024.2427404
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description 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.
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spelling doaj-art-a3ca647f7d084fe98a839f85ff3b5fb62025-08-20T02:52:20ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Aesthetics & Culture2000-42142024-12-0116110.1080/20004214.2024.2427404Scanography: photographic art between the realms of sight and touchJane Vuorinen0Art History, University of Turku, Turku, FinlandScanographs 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.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20004214.2024.2427404PhotographyscanographyglitchInari SandellKira LeskinenAnna Skladmann
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Scanography: photographic art between the realms of sight and touch
Journal of Aesthetics & Culture
Photography
scanography
glitch
Inari Sandell
Kira Leskinen
Anna Skladmann
title Scanography: photographic art between the realms of sight and touch
title_full Scanography: photographic art between the realms of sight and touch
title_fullStr Scanography: photographic art between the realms of sight and touch
title_full_unstemmed Scanography: photographic art between the realms of sight and touch
title_short Scanography: photographic art between the realms of sight and touch
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topic Photography
scanography
glitch
Inari Sandell
Kira Leskinen
Anna Skladmann
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20004214.2024.2427404
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