13. JUNE 13
STEDELIJK

What was the thing you selected to photograph from the permanent collection, and how is it related to your work.

Studio drift}
What is utopia? What is dystopia? What are some ways humans slip from utopia to dystopia?

Forever Young? exhibition]
How can a medium have its own aesthetic? What is the relationship between media aesthetics, history, memory, and nostalgia?

Re: Flusser:
Did anyone read Flusser? Can you summarize him?

Flusser says the camera is a black box apparatus within which there are only so many moves to be played, like a chess game. He says all photographers serve the apparatus of the camera, and are forced to make their creative moves within a limited set of possibilities. 

How might this be so? Give some practical examples.

How might this observation be related to the forever young? exhibition? Does the exhibition prove or disprove Flusser's thesis?


LIMA
Lovink/Dullart conversation]
What was lovink's critique of Dullart's army project?

What was Dullart's response to this critique?

According to the Lovink reading that was assigned (and following de Certeau), what is the difference between tactics vs. strategies?

What are the strengths and weaknesses of each approach?