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Mediating and Materializing / Perceiving and Participating: an exhibition script on Photography and Architecture

MATEUS, Joana; AZEVEDO, Inês

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It is up to the Educational Service (ES) of the Casa da Imagem Museum (MCI) to conceive a final exhibition of the research project Photography, Modern Architecture and the "Porto School": Interpretations of the Teófilo Rego Archive (FAMEP) (Fotografia, Arquitectura Moderna e a «Escola do Porto»: Interpretações em torno do Arquivo Teófilo Rego (FAMEP)). The elements to consider for the creation of this exhibition include: Teófilo Rego’s photographs, the theoretical production developed within this project, the public and the MCI’s structural guidelines. Following the MCI’s guidelines, which require the construction of a specific relationship between the public and the image field – a relationship of rendezvous, participation and approximation –, the ES is responsible for the creation of an exhibitory structure that accomplishes two functions: on one hand, to reflect the scientific scope of the project according to the theoretical interpretations that have been produced by its research team; and on the other hand, to mediate between those contents and the visiting public, through exhibitory objects that simultaneously entail the issue of seeing. With this presentation, the ES aims to reflect on its role as a mediator, defining how mediation restricts the exhibitory script, how it materializes into an object and how it is made available to the public. We thus identify as fields of mediation / materialization, firstly, photographs: their place within the research project and the way in which they will be revealed in the exhibition. Secondly, the researchers’ theoretical production: the selection of the photographs to be shown and the construction of the scenographic arguments that compose and contextualize those same photographs. These arguments seek to understand the relationships between the genesis and the final photographic product, as well as the place of the photographer within the History of Photography in Portugal. Finally, the public: perception – the visualization of a set of photographs and visual essays, the presence of the body within a scenographic representation – and the participation – constructing new images and contents.

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189 MEDIATING AND MATERIALIZING / PERCEIVING AND PARTICIPATING The cons uc ion o an exhibi ion sc ip on pho og aphy and a chi ec u e Joana Ma eus & Inês Aze edo Museu Casa da Imagem – Fundação Manuel Leão / Casa da Imagem Museum - Manuel Leão Founda ion, Opo o, Po ugal Abs ac I is up o he Educa ional Se ice (ES) o he Casa da Imagem Museum (MCI) o concei e a inal exhibi ion o he esea ch p ojec Pho og aphy, Mode n A chi ec u e and he "Po o School": In e p e a ions o he Teó ilo Rego A chi e (FAMEP) (Fo og a ia, A qui ec u a Mode na e a «Escola do Po o»: In e p e ações em o no do A qui o Teó ilo Rego (FAMEP)). The elemen s o conside o he c ea ion o his exhibi ion include: Teó ilo Rego’s pho og aphs, he heo e ical p oduc ion de eloped wi hin his p ojec , he public and he MCI’s s uc u al guidelines. Following he MCI’s guidelines, which equi e he cons uc ion o a speci ic ela ionship be ween he public and he image ield – a ela ionship o endez ous, pa icipa ion and app oxima ion –, he ES is esponsible o he c ea ion o an exhibi o y s uc u e ha accomplishes wo unc ions: on one hand, o e lec he scien i ic scope o he p ojec acco ding o he heo e ical in e p e a ions ha ha e been p oduced by i s esea ch eam; and on he o he hand, o media e be ween hose con en s and he isi ing public, h ough exhibi o y objec s ha simul aneously en ail he issue o seeing. Wi h his p esen a ion, he ES aims o e lec on i s ole as a media o , de ining how media ion es ic s he exhibi o y sc ip , how i ma e ializes in o an objec and how i is made a ailable o he public. We hus iden i y as ields o media ion / ma e ializa ion, i s ly, pho og aphs: hei place wi hin he esea ch p ojec and he way in which hey will be e ealed in he exhibi ion. Secondly, he esea che s’ heo e ical p oduc ion: he selec ion o he pho og aphs o be shown and he cons uc ion o he scenog aphic a gumen s ha compose and con ex ualize hose same pho og aphs. These a gumen s seek o unde s and he ela ionships be ween he genesis and he inal pho og aphic p oduc , as well as he place o he pho og aphe wi hin he His o y o Pho og aphy in Po ugal. Finally, he public: pe cep ion – he isualiza ion o a se o pho og aphs and isual essays, he p esence o he body wi hin a scenog aphic ep esen a ion – and he pa icipa ion – cons uc ing new images and con en s. Keywo ds: Media ion, a chi ec u e pho og aphy, esea ch, exhibi ion, educa ional se ice. The MCI Educa ional Se ice The Educa ional Se ice (ES) is he cen e om which he ac ions and co pus Joana Ma eus & Inês Aze edo, Media ing and Ma e ializing / Pe cei ing and Pa icipa ing. The cons uc ion o an exhibi ion sc ip on pho og aphy and a chi ec u e 190 o he Casa da Imagem Museum (MCI) come om. Based on an a chi e made by a pho og aphic ond, his Museum guides he s uc u e o i s exposi o y co pus om he possible signi ican expe iences and he mul iple lea nings ha come om he passage o i s isi o s. The ac i i ies o he educa ional se ice ha e been c ea ed as he esul o he s udies and expe imen a ion o he Museum's eam, i s collabo a o s, he a is s ha ha e p esen ed and c ea ed de ices ha belong o he uni e se o a chi e e e ences o he Museum, and he p oposi ions made by i s isi o s. The MCI, h ough he Educa ional Se ice, concei es and a icula es i s exposi o y p oposals in o de o allow o he se ing o c i ical ques ions on he issue o seeing unde s ood by Jona han C a y (1992: 3) as being mos ly ques ions on he body and he ope a ion o social powe : i p omo es he conside a ion o he obse e as he esul o a discu si e, social, echnological and ins i u ional sys em (1992: 6), in eg a ing op ical de ices ha keep co esponding o he ans o ma ion o he s a us o he obse e since he XVII cen u y up o oday. Toge he wi h hese ques ions, i p omo es an app oach in eg a ed wi h he a ious collec ions ha cons i u e he a chi e and he unde s anding o he same as an hype - ex ual ield o wo k, ha is, dis ibu ed and c ossed: concei ing he in eg a ion o se e al lines o ac ion, p o oking swi ching be ween he objec o e e ence and s udy in a c issc ossing o pe spec i es and in e p e a i e p oposals om he a chi e and ha , simul aneously, cons i u e i . I is up o he Educa ional Se ice o he MCI o c ea e, in s ic a icula ion wi h he p ojec esea che s o he FAMEP,– P ojec o Fo og a ia, A qui ec u a Mode na e a 'Escola do Po o': in e p e ações em o no do A qui o Teó ilo Rego", he inal exhibi ha p esen s he esul s o he esea ch. Howe e , he guiding lines ha se e he objec i es o he Museum, gi e he Educa ional Se ice ano he pa beyond ha o a me e exposi o o he con en s wi hin he p ojec : hey imply he cons uc ion o a speci ic ela ionship wi h he public – a ela ionship o mee ing, pa icipa ion and app oxima ion. The i s pu pose o he Educa ional Se ice in he p ojec has Pho og aphy & Mode n A chi ec u e Con e ence P oceedings. Po o, Ap il 22-24, 2015 191 been, hus, ha o c ea ing media ion p oposal be ween he esea ch and he public. The ES’s unde s anding o he concep o media ion in he exhibi ion design The wo d media ion means a ela ionship ha is es ablished be ween wo pa ies and ha , om he ou se , does no equi e a hi d pa y o make i happen: i s ands o he will o do some hing oge he , o c ea e alue and o pe o m a wo k o disco e y o each subjec ’s possibili ies and o asse ing he o he , o go en, excluded (Six, 2002, p. 8). The Educa ional Se ice o he Casa da Imagem is guided by his will: h ough he emancipa ion o he spec a o by an ac ion ha Ranciè e cha ac e izes as poli ical, since i wan s o econ igu e, wi hin he museum's li ing space, " he sensi i e amewo ks wi hin which common objec s a e de ined"(Ranciè e, 2010, p. 90). I is, he e o e, a wo k on he a ea o communica ion, ela ionship and expe ience o he exhibi ion, a wo k ha we call media ion. Acco ding o Jean-F ançois Six (2002: 21), he e a e wo media ion ca ego ies and hei s uc u es a e adically di e en om each o he : one designa es "media ion-house", and he o he "media ion-ga den". The o me is ound wi hin he ins i u ions ha conside hei oca ion o make places o media ion a ailable o hei membe s o a cause. The la e is independen om any ins i u ion and is conce ned wi h he esponsibili y o each pe son wi h ega d o all o he o he s, and is ela ed o empa hy and equali y. Fo he au ho (Six, 2002, p. 115), he media ion-ga den is in e nal, uly ans o ma i e and can be he ue inno a ion in social ela ions. Wi hin his media ion, e e yone is a he same le el, quali a i ely, on equal e ms; no one holds he esul o he si ua ion, no he powe o ob ain a ce ain esul om he o he . Howe e , media ion is usually seen as a wo k ha seeks o se le con lic s, Joana Ma eus & Inês Aze edo, Media ing and Ma e ializing / Pe cei ing and Pa icipa ing. The cons uc ion o an exhibi ion sc ip on pho og aphy and a chi ec u e 192 in ol ing he in e en ion o a media o ha wo ks on behal o an ins i u ion. The media o s a e seen as hose who help and acili a e comp ehension be ween wo opposi es. Thei unc ion is o allow he o he s o see, explain and conclude, wo king owa ds ag eemen , bu no aking any decision. They make an e o o c ea e a cohe en , consensual and appeasing image. This unde s anding o bo h media ion and media o s is ele an and una oidable o he Educa ional Se ice o he MCI’s c ea ion o an exhibi ion wi hin he FAMEP esea ch p ojec . A he beginning o he esea ch, he need o manage, concilia e and a icula e he expec a ions o he cul u al p omo ion o he objec o he esea ch wi h he aims o he educa ional se ice o he museum o he Casa da Imagem, due o he ex eme a ia ion in he ype o obse e s ha make up he public o he pho og aphic a chi e. (Aze edo, Ma eus, Pes ana, 2013, p. 29) Thus, he ES places i sel , on one hand, as a media o o he ype o media ion-house s uc u e, ope a ing he ansla ion o esea ch knowledge in an exposi o y image which is comp ehensible o he public o he exhibi ion – he p ojec has an in e es in he heo e ical con en s c ea ed by i s esea che s being communica ed o he public h ough a consonan isual cons uc ion. On he o he hand, he ES conside s he pho og aphic image o be, by i sel , media ion: an open e i o y o be explo ed, in i s con ou s and con as s; a mee ing poin o he subjec wi h he ep esen a ion space and wi h himsel as a pa icipa ing obse e – ecognizing a o ce o up u e in pho og aphy, caused by a ma ginal, unexpec ed and acu e elemen , Ba hes’s punc um. Th ough his empo al and symp oma ic image, he ES aims o make a ailable he space in which each isi o may ind himsel in his con lic s and in his in ima e dialogues wi h he image. The exhibi ion p omo es he public's aes he ic hough on he image, h ough a chi ec u al pho og aphy, exhibi ed in i s ambi alence and complexi y. Pho og aphy & Mode n A chi ec u e Con e ence P oceedings. Po o, Ap il 22-24, 2015 193 A chi ec u al pho og aphy as an objec o media ion The ES o he MCI pu s i sel , he e o e, be o e wo di e en ways o o ganizing he a chi ec u al pho og aphy exhibi ion ha is conside ed wi hin he FAMEP p ojec . I dedica es i sel o he cons uc ion o he exposi o y sc ip and aims o a icula e wo o ms o media ion, one which is ins i u ional and esponds o he ma e s aised by he issue o he his o y o a chi ec u al pho og aphy, and ano he ha , wi hin i , cons uc s a ga den o a mee ing wi h he image, in which he image is o e ed o con ac and dialogue, in many o i s aspec s and aces. In he c ea ion o he exhibi ion, he image is conside ed as he media o 's p i ileged objec o media ion in ela ion o he wo agen s – he FAMEP p ojec 's esea che s and he public o he exhibi ion - o o he wo poles o a con lic si ua ion whe e he imbalance is e iden ; i.e., because he e is a adical disc epancy be ween he knowledge held by he esea che s on he objec s and con en s ha hey add ess and he lack knowledge on hose same objec s by he public, an une enness ha mus be mi iga ed, when conside ing he p ojec 's objec i es. Wi hin he FAMEP p ojec , he a chi ec u al pho og aphy exhibi ion se es he communica ion o a consensual, bu also c i ical, image on he speech ha he wo k's clien , he a chi ec and he pho og aphe ha e ag eed o c ea e h ough he image. The cons uc ion o his image wi hin he exhibi ion will be he esul o a wo k based on he esea che s’ heo e ical p oduc ion, wi h he pu pose o selec ing he pho og aphs o be p esen ed and o cons uc he scenog aphy sc ip s which in eg a e and con ex ualize hose pho og aphs. These sc ip s y o unde s and he ela ions be ween he genesis and he inal pho og aphic p oduc , as well as he place o he pho og aphe wi hin he His o y o Pho og aphy in Po ugal. Joana Ma eus & Inês Aze edo, Media ing and Ma e ializing / Pe cei ing and Pa icipa ing. The cons uc ion o an exhibi ion sc ip on pho og aphy and a chi ec u e 194 The a chi ec u al pho og aphy in Teó ilo Rego's Pho og aphic Fond Pho og aphs we e ecognized and iden i ied o he c ea ion o he esea ch p ojec , whose ep esen ed wo ks belonged o some o he a chi ec s o he so called "Po o School" 1 . S ill in hei o iginal packaging (boxes, en elopes o packages), unde a nega i e suppo in ilm o glass, he i s a chi ec o e oke he in e es o his p ojec ’s esea che s was he A chi ec Ma ques da Sil a. Du ing he ea ly s ages o he esea ch, i was unde s ood ha Teó ilo Rego had pho og aphed and p in ed he comple e wo k o Ma ques da Sil a 2 , which can be e isi ed in he exhibi ion o ganized as a ibu e o him in 1953. As soon as he esponsibili y a ibu ed o his pho og aphe in he beginning o his ca ee as a comme cial pho og aphe 3 was iden i ied and unde s ood, o he possible a chi ec s we e looked o ha , like Ma ques da Sil a, could ha e had hei wo ks egis e ed by Teó ilo Rego. The lis was ex ensi e, composed by abou o y a chi ec s, among which a e João And esen, Januá io Godinho, Rogé io de Aze edo, he ARS collec i e, José Ca los Lou ei o, among o he s. The indexing o he Teó ilo Rego Pho og aphic Fond led o he adjus men o he expec a ions c ea ed a ound his ond, ini ially cons uc ed based on he wo ks o Ma ques da Sil a, João And esen and he HICA, pho og aphed by Teó ilo Rego, o wha g adually came o be known. In he cou se o he p ojec i was ound ha he name ou side he o iginal packaging boxes, packed by Teó ilo Rego, no always co esponded o wha was ound wi hin hem. An example o his is he box o he A chi ec Ma ques da Sil a, which was ound o con ain wo ks o his son in law Mo ei a da Sil a, pho og aphs o 1 We ollow he de e mina ion o he e m “School o Po o” as de e mined by Ma ia Helena Maia, Alexand a T e isan, Miguel Mo ei a Pin o (2014) “He e i should be cla i ied ha , in wha conce ns o his ex , we conside he School o Opo o in he sense ha i was se by Oc a io Lixa Filguei as (1986), ie, he School o Ca los Ramos.” 2 A he exhibi ion ibu e o Ma ques da Sil a, held in 1953, Teó ilo Rego was esponsable o he pho og aphical p esen a ion o he a chi ec ’s whole wo k. 3 Teó ilo Rego (1914/1993) was a Po uguese pho og aphe . Al hough he bo ned in B azil, he li ed in Po o since en yea s old. Wi h he age o ele an s a s o wok a he Ma ques de Ab eu Wo kshop and la e goes o Li o Maia as pho oli hog aphy’s pho og aphe . In 1947 he s a ed his own pho og aphic house: “Fo o-come cial Teó ilo Rego”. Pho og aphy & Mode n A chi ec u e Con e ence P oceedings. Po o, Ap il 22-24, 2015 195 he in e io o a house, ombs one images, among o he objec s and con ex s. On he o he hand, he egula i y wi h which he a chi ec s’ wo ks we e pho og aphed a ied widely. A i s , he isible wo k ela ionship ha was ound in he boxes o João And esen was aken as an example, bu mos o he a chi ec s did no p esen such quan i y o quali y. As a consequence o hese dispa i ies in he pho og aphic eco ds ound inside he boxes iden i ied wi h he a chi ec s’ names, bo h in he o iginal indexes and in he olume o wo k associa ed o each a chi ec , all he boxes, en elopes and packages (wi h he excep ion o he boxes o po ai pho og aphs, accoun ing o abou 1/3 o he ond) ended up being isi ed by he p ojec 's esea che s. Thus, he boxes o cons uc ion companies, ci y halls, companies whose buildings we e designed by he a chi ec s, as well as he boxes whe e Teó ilo Rego used o s o e he pho og aphs ha he ook ou side o his "Fo o- Come cial Teó ilo Rego" company, became he objec o sc u iny o e he cou se o he esea ch. I was, wi hin his con ex , ha he Magna Exhibi ions became a esea ch heme o his p ojec , opening i o he Escola Supe io de Belas A es (Opo o Fine A s School), he place o he "Po o School". The a chi ec -pho og aphe ela ionship The ela ionship be ween a chi ec and pho og aphe is a ield o esea ch o he FAMEP p ojec , which has pho og aphs and some w i en no es as exis ing elemen s o be analysed, up o he s a ing da e o his p ojec , in a pho og aphic a chi e packaged and indexed by he pho og aphe himsel , as well as he biog aphical and au ho ial knowledge on he a o emen ioned pho og aphe and a chi ec . Acco ding o he e lec ion by esea che Miguel Pin o in he con e ence "The shadow o he A chi ec " 4 , he wo k o João And esen appea s, up un il now, 4 Con e ence “A somb a do A qui ec o, da colabo ação en e João And esen e Teó ilo Rego” Joana Ma eus & Inês Aze edo, Media ing and Ma e ializing / Pe cei ing and Pa icipa ing. The cons uc ion o an exhibi ion sc ip on pho og aphy and a chi ec u e 196 as being he mos egis e ed, s anding ou om he wo ks o o he a chi ec s, bo h by he quan i y and di e si y o he pho og aphic ma e ial, and by he quan i y and di e si y o p ojec s. The e a e se e al wo ks 5 by his a chi ec in he pho og aphic ond, c ea ed be ween he 50s and 60s o he 20 h cen u y, se e al maps, g aphics, igu es o pho og aphs aken om books (pe haps in he con ex o he p epa a ion o eaching in he discipline o U banism, in he ESBAP) and amily pho og aphs. The close ela ionship be ween Teó ilo Rego and João Ande son appea s o be excep ional and migh no ha e been eplica ed by he pho og aphe wi h he o he a chi ec s wi h whom he wo ked. In ac , he esea che Jo ge Cunha Pimen el, in he con e ence "The p esence o he wo k o Rogé io de Aze edo in Teo ilo Rego's pho og aphy", conside s ha , om he examples wi hin he pho og aphic ond, as well as wha is known ou side o his ond, he ela ionship be ween a chi ec and pho og aphe is non-exis en . Also om he in e iew wi h he A chi ec José Ca los Lou ei o 6 , one o he a chi ec s wi h pho og aphs aken by Teó ilo Rego, i was possible o unde s and ha his ela ionship wi h Teó ilo Rego was b ie and me ely p o essional; Teó ilo Rego pho og aphed some o his wo ks and p ojec s, as is he case o he Pa ilhão Rosa Mo a ( he e a e eco ds o he wo k in a scale model, in he p ocess o cons uc ion and upon comple ion); howe e , a g ea numbe o he wo ks by his a chi ec we e pho og aphed by ano he pho og aphe o by himsel 7 . Since many o he a chi ec s whose wo k was pho og aphed ha e al eady p esen ed a FAMEP ⎪II Jo nadas “O Fo óg a o & os A qui ec os”, 5 de Dezemb o, 2014. CEAA, ESAP, Po o. 5 Some o he wo ks a e: Palácio da Jus iça de Lisboa, 1960; o Edi ício do BES em S. João da Madei a 1959/62; os no os Paços do Concelho e Viana do Cas elo; as p opos as pa a Anco agem No e da Pon e sob e o Tejo, 1962; o Plano Tu ís ico da Ma inha – Sec o da Guia, Cascais, 1961; o An eplano de U banização do Cen o de Tu ismo Reis Magos, na Madei a, 1964; among o he s. 6 The in e ew happened a he José Ca los Lou ei o A elie , 26 h Feb ua y, 2015, 10 am. 7 The A chi ec José Ca los Lou ei o is hough o ha e said ha buying a p i a e pho og aphic came a, in his case and ha o his con empo a ies, migh ha e been one o he easons why he did no use he se ices o a p o essional pho og aphe as o en. The p ice o ha se ice was oo high and only when a speci ic image was necessa y would he equi e such se ices. Pho og aphy & Mode n A chi ec u e Con e ence P oceedings. Po o, Ap il 22-24, 2015 197 passed away, i was no always possible o know o ind, un il now, w i en eco ds allowing o clea ly de ine a empo al o de o a amewo k ha con ex ualizes he pho og aphs beyond wha is isible in hem, so i is assumed ha , despi e he gene al ecogni ion o his p o essional quali ies, he choice o Teó ilo Rego may ha e been, a imes, ci cums an ial. Seeing he pho og aphs and knowing he a chi ec 's wo k is no enough o c ea e a na a i e ha ollows a clea and consequen ial guiding h ead, allowing o an enligh ening unde s anding o he ela ionship be ween pho og aphe and a chi ec s, since i s na u e is incons an : no all a chi ec s keep a simila ela ionship wi h he pho og aphe which, in some cases, is ex ended in ime and, in o he s, is lee ing. The exposi o y sc ip To o ganize he Final Exhibi ion o he FAMEP p ojec , he MCI Educa ional Se ice is w i ing an exposi o y sc ip ha is o med based on he e lec ions on he pho og aphs o he pho og aphic ond and he ew w i en egis e s o Teó ilo Rego. The esea che s, wi hin he p ojec 's selec ed wo king objec s, analyse and hink abou he possible app oxima ions o he pho og aphic ond and he ela ionship ha he pho og aphs wi hin i may es ablish wi h he pho og aphy o mode n a chi ec u e, acco ding o he esea che s' a ini ies and scien i ic ields. Jae Eme ling s a es, in his ex "The a chi e as a p oduce ", ha an a chi e is an o ganized eposi o y o documen s and eco ds c ea ed by an ins i u ion, subs an ia ing he w i ing o his o y. Howe e , he au ho concludes ha , while closely wo king in he a chi e, i becomes clea ha his is no he passi e and s a ic suppo om which a consensual and linea s o y may be old: “i is mo e like a h eshold whe ein said and unsaid in e pene a e, whe ein hey a e con ingen upon one o he . (…) many con empo a y pho og aphic p ojec s s ems om a sense o diso de ing he Joana Ma eus & Inês Aze edo, Media ing and Ma e ializing / Pe cei ing and Pa icipa ing. The cons uc ion o an exhibi ion sc ip on pho og aphy and a chi ec u e 204 owa ds he ela ionship o he public's gaze. This side ha is in insic o any p ecise image, howe e , h ough he disciplina y amewo k and he esea ch con ex implied in he exhibi ion, o a s a egy o a i ma ion. Consequen ly, he ES has conside ed undamen al, since he beginning o he esea ch p ojec , o wo k o he ways o he image o make i sel a ailable o he public, which may emphasize he sensi i e side o a physical hing, plas ic ma e ial, subjec o ime and deg ada ion. (Aze edo, Ma eus, Pes ana: 2013). Figu e3. Hyd oelec ic Ca ado - HICA. Pho og aph o Teó ilo Rego (Teó ilo Rego’s Fond, Museu Casa da Imagem, Fundação Manuel Leão) A esea ch was done on he his o y o he image isualiza ion de ices and hei cha ac e is ics, i s echnology and he speci ic way in which hey c ea e an obse e , in e e e wi h he cons uc ion o he pho og aphic image i sel . The wo kshop “Dio ama on A chi ec u e Pho og aphy: Finding Punc umland”, p esen ed a he Fi h In e na ional Con e ence on he Image, 2014, has hus es ablished i sel as a esea ch and wo k expe ience. The pu pose o he wo kshop was o p oduce p ac ices accompanying he heo e ical ma e ial p oduced by he A chi ec u e pho og aphic in e p e a ions and, simul aneously, o ques ion he way i p esen s i sel o he public. I came Pho og aphy & Mode n A chi ec u e Con e ence P oceedings. Po o, Ap il 22-24, 2015 205 down o se ing an a chi ec u al pho og aph in ca dboa d su aces wi h he ans o ma ion o wo-dimensional elemen s o he pho og aph – he igu a i e elemen s and o he elemen s, such as he channels esul ing om he de e io a ion o he ilm nega i e and lacunas – in a h ee-dimensional image composed by independen sho s, c ea ed an image wi h a plas ic na u e o ally di e en om he o iginal image. This p oposal has been e o mula ed in o an exposi o y objec o he exhibi ion and is an example o he double app oach o a chi ec u al image p oposed by he ES. On one hand, as e e ed by Campany (2014: 28), he pho og aphy medium uniquely se s i sel o he possibili y o sel -documen a ion and, on he o he hand, o in e p e eali y. As has been men ioned (Aze edo, Ma eus, Pes ana, 2013, p. 31), om E ans' pho og aph, "pho og aphs dispense wi h ex since hey a e, hemsel es, speech and e idence". On he o he hand, we know ha he image is a s uc u e eminen ly open o complex in e p e a ion ha he "con empo a y obse e , ha pa icipa es in he cons uc ion o he wo k o a , h ough a de ou in he poin o iew and dis o ion (...) is capable o concei e, ela i ely o he con ex o p oduc ion, dis ibu ion and image consump ion”. (2013: 32) Finally, he pho og aphic image, in i s aspec s o deg ada ion signals i s con inui y, "i in ol es he obse e in he game o shapes ha p i ileges he p ocesses and ela ionships wi hin he isual expe ience", in a sensi i e p ocess ha b eaks ee om he ep esen a i e ield o he image, in o de o in oduce wha Didi-Hube man designa es as he "image's wo old egime" (2013:34). In he exhibi ion, he a chi ec u e dio ama will be con ained in a black box, hei o he da k oom and he op ical boxes whe e na a i es a e collec ed and e ealed by he public, h ough he p ojec 's igu es o pho og aphy and a chi ec u e. The dio ama's p oscenium, as well as he mo emen s in placing he igu es on he dio ama, by he pa icipan , is p ojec ed in eal ime, h ough a closed ci cui ideo, in a sc een on he on al wall. A change is in ended in he posi ion o he obse e owa ds he exhibi ion, who, mo e han acing a p esen a ion o objec s, see hemsel es in he co e o an Joana Ma eus & Inês Aze edo, Media ing and Ma e ializing / Pe cei ing and Pa icipa ing. The cons uc ion o an exhibi ion sc ip on pho og aphy and a chi ec u e 206 expe ience o image p oduc ion: I is a ques ion o he body and pe cep ion, o he eye’s ela ionship o ilm e sus he b ain’s. (…) The ilm sc een and he elec onic sc een change and c ea e ou p esence in he wo ld and ou ep esen a ion o i , in he same way ha pho og aphy changed ou p esence in he p eceding cen u y. (…) he co po al expe ience as being absolu ely cen al o hese wo ks: o mo e a ound he wo k, o be in he da kened oom, and o see he “o he side” o he wo k. (Wik, 2004, p. 148) The di e en media ion media Following he esea ch on he his o y o image isualiza ion de ices, he ES has ocused speci ically on he o iginal exhibi ion objec s o ce ain momen s o a chi ec u al pho og aphy ha we e wo ked wi hin he p ojec . Namely, hose suppo s and u ni u e used o sus aining and composing he wo k exhibi ion by he Belas A es s uden s, as in he Magna exhibi ions, some o hem also used in classes and s udio, a he momen o he beginning o he p o essional ela ionship o Teó ilo Rego wi h he a chi ec s: d awing s e che s, sculp u e and pain ing easels, i s me allic s uc u es – used o he placemen o bigge plaques in o de o expose a g ea e quan i y o wo ks – showcases, sculp u es se on ables accompanied by chai s and o he di e se ables. The displays used o s udio wo k a e he ones ha we a e mo e in e es ed in e oking in his esea ch, since hey ake us o a momen o wo k, hough and esea ch. The pho og aphs o he di e en exhibi ions allow us o unde s and ha he displays and he display o he wo ks has been changing. Ano he exposi o y suppo obse ed in many pho og aphs is he panel. I exis s as a e y la ge pla e ha is se on he s e che 's s uc u es, bo h as a e ical pla e wi h wo suppo ing legs, and also hanging om he ceiling. I is used o hanging Pho og aphy & Mode n A chi ec u e Con e ence P oceedings. Po o, Ap il 22-24, 2015 207 p ojec s, pho og aphs and news on he exhibi ion. Figu e4. Magna Exhibi ion. Fine A s School. Pho og aph o Teó ilo Rego (Teó ilo Rego’s Fond, Museu Casa da Imagem, Fundação Manuel Leão) Figu e5. Magna Exhibi ion. Fine A s School. Pho og aph o Teó ilo Rego (Teó ilo Rego’s Fond, Museu Casa da Imagem, Fundação Manuel Leão) The ans e o hese and o he objec s om a wide con ex o esea ch, such as he labo a o y equipmen and he pho og aphe 's s udio, pe o ms Joana Ma eus & Inês Aze edo, Media ing and Ma e ializing / Pe cei ing and Pa icipa ing. The cons uc ion o an exhibi ion sc ip on pho og aphy and a chi ec u e 208 he unc ion o se ing an a i icial na u e, app op ia e o a mee ing wi h image and making i he place pe ES o media ion. Unde s ood as a con empo a y p ojec , he exhibi ion concei ed by he ES seeks o, no only o app oach he images as e idence o he pas wi h a se his o ical and disciplina y amewo k, bu also o allow he a chi e ma e ial – pho og aphic species, exposi o y suppo s, pho og aphic ma e ials and de ices – o be econ igu ed in he p esen ; much like Jae Eme ling (1992:122) s a es, i “means o p esen he coexis ence o he pas in he p esen , ha is, o ocus ou a en ion on i s con inued psychological, poli ical, and sociocul u al a ec s”. P ojec e e als, p esen in he esea ch in a mo e o less di ec way, displays, de ices, appa a us and he nega i es hemsel es, a e shown in hei physical p esence in o de o e-e oke hei use, hei unc ion. Anach onis ic objec s ha impose a enewed ela ionship wi h he body and he eye o he obse e . They compose an app op ia e mee ing space, a space o speech ha c osses e e ences: o he p ojec 's in e nal con ex , o he esea ch p ac ice, o he school, he a is ic p ac ice, he wo k, he museum space ha bo h exhibi ion and a chi e co-inhabi ... o a hyb id space, a win e ga den. Acknowledgmen s This wo k is co-sponso ed by he Founda ion o Science and Technology I.P. (PIDDAC) and by he Eu opean Regional De elopmen Fund – ERDF, h ough COMPETE – Ope a ional P og amme “Fac o s o Compe i i eness” (P og ama Ope acional Fa o es de Compe i i idade – POFC), wi hin he p ojec PTDC/ATP- AQI/4805/2012 ("Fo og a ia, A qui ec u a Mode na e a «Escola do Po o»: In e p e ações em o no do A qui o Teó ilo Rego"). Re e ences Aze edo, I. & Ma eus, J. & Pes ana, A. (2013). “Lacunas and hei in e p e a ions: a con empo a y look a he pho og aphic wo k o Teó ilo Rego” in Con empho o’13 - Con empo a y Pho og aphy Con e ence — Visualisa ion & U ban His o y in Con empo a y Pho og aphy, ed. E e Duyan, Özgü A ak, 28-35. 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