J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Mark Alice Durant

Durant invites us into a fluid free fall with his intentionally sequenced interplay of history, ideas and first-hand knowledge in text and image. Incubating his idea of how still images capture physical, emotional, social, cultural and political states grew to cross geography and time. Evocative and insightful this book is a symphony of authentic voices echoing the harsh and exciting realities of lived experience and the wilds of our collective imaginings. In this book group, Mark Alice Durant discusses, among other things:The semi-conscious states which feed creativityPhoto as a porous and democratic medium Performance as a portal, able to renegotiate social contractsTransgressing the specific to the symbolicThe beauty and elegance of a rigorous photoHow we see our past, photographicallyThe power of exclusion to push innovation and creativityReferenced in the episodeTeju Cole, “A Photograph Never Stands Alone”Walter Murch, In The Blink of An EyeLarry Sultan, “Pictures from Home”William Pope L. in conversation at The Walker Arts CenterMarco Breuer by Mark Alice DurantSigalit Landau, “DeadSee” (2005)Mark Alice Durant, “Running, Falling, Flying, Floating, Crawling”Mark Alice Durant Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith  https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith

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