Events

10 November 2023, 1PM – 6PM FAMU in Prague, Smetanovo nábř. 2, 116 65 Praha 1, Room U1 Harun Farocki is known for coining the term “operational images”, images which take part in technical operations. Importantly, operational images are images that labor, they are literally working images, fulfilling a task within an operation. For Farocki,… Continue reading Laboring Images / Images of Labor – international conference

4 November 2022, 14:00 – 19:00 FAMU in Prague, room U1 (https://goo.gl/maps/KUfWeTxJRtNLrj627) No registration/ticket needed. Jimena Canales has unfortunately had to cancel her participation. The event will start at 14:00 as planned. Opening Remarks – Tomáš Dvořák (FAMU in Prague) Scoping and the Imagination: How Non-Existents Are Brought to Life – Jimena Canales (University of Illinois,… Continue reading Scoping: Images between Inscriptions and Views – international conference

FAMU in Prague, Department of Photography Smetanovo nábřeží 2, Praha 1, room U1 19 November 2021, 1pm – 7pm No registration/ticket needed. Covid pass is mandatory. Cameraless or lensless photography employs a variety of techniques of producing photographic images without a camera (such as the photogram, the luminogram or the chemigram). Within most photographic histories,… Continue reading Reconsidering Cameraless Photography – international conference

Department of Photography, FAMU in Prague25 March 2021, 13.00–14.30 CET The record of the event is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/oOsSFE3iwUI Authors and discussants: Lev Manovich (CUNY), Jussi Parikka (FAMU and University of Southampton), Tomáš Dvořák (FAMU), and Annebella Pollen (University of Brighton) Please join us for a (lunch time) book discussion of two recent publications… Continue reading Scales, Collections, and Quantities: Cultural Analytics & Photography Off the Scale – A Joint Book Presentation

Department of Photography, FAMU in Prague6 November 2020, 14.00–18.30 CET The record of the conference is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FnAgBbInMfA The status of technical images has always been determined by the delicate balance of control and autonomy between human and nonhuman agents. Although one has never been able to control the technical image entirely, the… Continue reading Images Beyond Control – international conference

29 November 2019, FAMU in Prague While machine-readable images have by now become a constant reference point for photographic theory and contemporary visual media studies, our event turns to the question: what are the specialised expert-readable image practices that cater to the technical specificities, institutional demands, and particular knowledge-roles of visual culture. Recent discussions of… Continue reading Expert-Readable Images – international conference

Department of Photography cordially invites you to the International Conference Photography Off the Scale FAMU, Smetanovo nábř. 2, Praha 1 room U1, 9. -10. 11 2018 PROGRAM:FRIDAY, 9 November, 13:00–18:30 Tomáš Dvořák (FAMU in Prague)Introduction Michelle Henning (London School of Film, Media and Design, University of West London)Feeling photos: photography, picture language and mood capture… Continue reading Photography Off the Scale – international conference