Jose Antonio Navarrete provides a seminary in Argentina

The  curator Jose Antonio Navarrete presents a seminary entitled "El archivo discursivo de la fotografía. Un lugar para el trabajo del arte” at Fola, Fototeca Latinoamericana.

Jose Antonio Navarrete provides a seminary in Argentina

Jose Antonio Navarrete El archivo discursivo de la fotografía. Un lugar para el trabajo del arte” a seminary about contemporary  photography to be held on Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 in Fola, Fototeca Latinoamericana. Navarrete is a researcher and independent curator, author of several books and essays, he was curator of photography and head of the Research Department of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana. He currently lives in Miami, United States.

This seminar is part of FARFOCO program, the first Annual Forum of Reflection on Contemporary Photography by Fola, Fototeca Latinoamericana. This project, coordinated by Rodrigo Alonso, is proposed as a space of thought, dialogue and knowledge building on the directions of the historical and current photograph, and will be by renowned specialists who come to Buenos Aires to share knowledge and experiences.

 

About the seminary

The birth of photography was accompanied by a program to explain the characteristics, possibilities and limitations of this new medium of visual work. Then begins the development of discursive photo file, ie, the development and accumulation of concepts for these purposes, which has suffered so far both internal transformations as a strong expansion. Artistic practices have had the greatest weight in the preparation of this file from its formative moment.

Registration and more information: http://fola.com.ar/