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This Bridge Called Imagination: On Reading The Arab Image Foundation And Its Collection, Dore Bowen May 2008

This Bridge Called Imagination: On Reading The Arab Image Foundation And Its Collection, Dore Bowen

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This essay examines the benefits and disadvantages of using imagination as a method of historical research in the archive. Employing Jean-Paul Sartre's notion of “image-consciousness” in The Psychology of Imagination, imagination is defined and explored as a form of perception based upon temporal absence or suspension. This method is then discussed in relation to the exhibition “Not Given: Talking of and Around Photographs of Arab Women” (2006), curated by the author with artist Isabelle Massu. The installation was assembled with the cooperation of the Arab Image Foundation in Beirut and traveled from Marseille (2005-06) to San Francisco (2007). The author …


This Bridge Called Imagination: On Reading The Arab Image Foundation, Dore Bowen Jan 2007

This Bridge Called Imagination: On Reading The Arab Image Foundation, Dore Bowen

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No abstract provided.


The Function Of Dysfunction, Dore Bowen Jan 2007

The Function Of Dysfunction, Dore Bowen

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No abstract provided.


Photography In The Mix: Flora-Fauna-Photo, Dore Bowen Jan 2003

Photography In The Mix: Flora-Fauna-Photo, Dore Bowen

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The article examines the SF Camerawork exhibition Agitate: Negotiating the Photographic Process, which was co-curated by the author.