Reading material selected from
compilation by Yolunda Hickman:
Tomas Ruff, jpeg rl104, 2007. From the essay In Defence of the Poor Image, Hito Steyerl.
Hito Steyerl - In Defence of the Poor Image
Notes: The deliberate, poorly documented image/video, or other ideas that lie behind the action of careless image-capturing and its presence in today's consumerism. The tension of the poor image as an artwork, or as a cheap reproduction? As technology moves forward, what is expected of the quality of images and ways they are produced? Also with the 'poor image' blurry/pixilated etc. trend making a comeback over the recent years on social media. What defines a poor image?
Timothy Morton - Thinking Ecology: The Mesh, The Strange Stranger, and the Beautiful Soul
Notes: Could be helpful in thinking about the notion of ecology in my practice and how I treat it as a subject matter to be looked at through a particular lens. Also in relation to the different kinds of ecology, nature and wilderness.
Geoff Park - Theater Country, Essays on Landscape and Whenua
Notes: I have read this before but could be interesting to go through again in relation to the theatricality of a particular landscape - the NZ landscape - and also in relation to performance on a site... and the certain theatrical aspects that could also contain.