The Lying Lens: A Selective Glossary of Image Manipulation
Anlässlich der FOTO WIEN 2023: Photography Lies / Die Lügen der Fotografie entwickelten Studierende dreier Ausbildungsstätten neue Arbeiten, die sich mit mannigfaltigen Aspekten der Bildmanipulation beschäftigen. Parallel zur Ausstellung erscheint im Festival-Katalog der FOTO WIEN ein von EIKON entwickeltes und bewusst subjektiv gehaltenes Glossar zur Bildmanipulation, das die Schau ergänzt.
An dem Projekt beteiligt sind die Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien (Fachbereich Kunst und Fotografie, Leitung: Yair Martin Guttmann), die Schule Friedl Kubelka für künstlerische Photographie (Leitung: Anja Manfredi) und die Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien (Institut Bildende und Mediale Kunst – Fotografie, Leitung: Gabriele Rothemann).
The Lying Lens: A Selective Glossary of Image Manipulation
Mit Werken von: Jamile Azadfallah, Costanza Brandizzi, Dominik Buda, Josefine Ehs, Anastasiia Fashchevska, Eginhartz Kanter, Minjae Kim, Matthias Köck, Katharina Liatskaia, Isabella Andrea Pacher, Ismael Picker-Schiebel, Valentin Schörghuber, Nicole Toferer, Peter Walde & Carlo Zappella, Lily Zlotover
Eröffnung: 1. Juni 2023 | 18 Uhr
Laufzeit: 2. Juni – 20. August 2023
Öffnungszeiten: Do und Fr, 14 bis 18 Uhr | 24 Stunden am Tag einsichtig
Ort: EIKON Schauraum, Q21 / MuseumsQuartier Wien, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien
The Lying Lens
A Selective Glossary of Image Manipulation
An exhibition in conjunction with FOTO WIEN 2023 and the Academy of Fine Arts
Vienna (Art and Photography Studio, Professor: Yair Martin Guttmann), School for Artistic Photography Friedl Kubelka (Head: Anja Manfredi) and the
University of Applied Arts Vienna (Institute of Fine Arts & Media Art / Photography,
Professor: Gabriele Rothemann)
Since the invention of photography, we know about the diverse manipulation
possibilities of the medium. The methods of image processing, for example, have
since developed in parallel with advances in technology, from analog photo
retouching in the darkroom to the digital diffuser of Photoshop. Due to new
phenomena such as artificial intelligence, which is increasingly being used to
generate images, questions about the authenticity of image content are more topical
than ever.
The discussion about the veracity of the photographic image has actually become
obsolete since the advent of postmodernism. With the end of the 1960s and the
increasing “incredulity toward metanarratives” (Jean-François Lyotard), it became
clear that there is no reality per se, but only a wide range of truths that are not
controlled by a central authority, but by the plurality of the many.
On the occasion of FOTO WIEN 2023 and this year’s festival focus Photography
Lies / The Lies of Photography, students from three important educational
institutions for photography in Vienna are developing new works that deal with
aspects of this topic.
Parallel to the exhibition, a festival catalog is published by Steidl Verlag with EIKON’s
(intentionally subjective) glossary on image manipulation, which complements the
show.
The Lying Lens: A Selective Glossary of Image Manipulation
With works by: Jamile Azadfallah, Costanza Brandizzi, Dominik Buda, Josefine Ehs,
Anastasiia Fashchevska, Eginhartz Kanter, Minjae Kim, Matthias Köck, Katharina
Liatskaia, Isabella Andrea Pacher, Ismael Picker-Schiebel, Valentin Schörghuber,
Nicole Toferer, Peter Walde & Carlo Zappella, Lily Zlotover
Exhibition: June 2 – August 20, 2023, Thu and Fri from 2 pm to 6 pm
Opening: June 1, 2023 | 6:00 p.m.
Location: EIKON Schauraum, Q21 / MuseumsQuartier Wien
Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna
