L'ETRANGER - Representation and Participation

The seminar reflects on documentary artistic practices in relation to the "non-representability of the completely different" (M. Poos). Who or what do we seek and recognize “in the other” (place, culture, individual), if not ultimately only ourselves? Who speaks about or with whom and from what relationship with the other? We develop participation and representation strategies that open up the possibility of overcoming the limits of the limitation of our own self. Students are invited to discuss ideas, themes, approaches and developing material from their own ongoing projects at any phase.