class 3

The Documentary Image, between Evidence and Allegory
(03/09/19)
Professor Greg Cohen

Leituras-Base:

FONTCUBERTA, JOAN. “Verdades, ficciones, y dudas razonables.” El beso de Judas: Fotografía y verdad. 3^rd ed. Barcelona: Editorial Gustavo Gili, 2016.
MESTMAN, MARIANO. “The Last Sacred Image of the Latin American Revolution.” Trans. David Jacobson. Los Fantasmas de Ñancahuazú/The Ghosts of Ñancahuazú. Leandro Katz. Fwd. Eduard Grüner. Buenos Aires: La Lengua Viperina, 2010. 263-78.
RANCIÈRE, JACQUES. “The Intolerable Image.” The Emancipated Spectator. Trans. Gregory Elliot. London: Verso, 2009. 83-106.

Obras visuais:

KATZ, LEANDRO, dir. El día que me quieras. Argentina/Bolivia, 1998. 30’
ALBORTA, FREDDY. Photographs of Corpse of Che Guevara [selection]. 1967.
JAAR, ALFREDO. Selection from The Rwanda Project. Multi-media/Installation. 1994-2000.
• Please explore the following resources on Jaar’s Rwanda Project:
– This Was Alfredo Jaar’s Rwanda Project
– Let There Be Light (Imaginary Museum.org)
– “The Rwanda Project,” Art 21
– Alfredo Jaar, “Images are not Innocent” (video)
– “Voyeurs of Suffering” (critique of Jaar’s project by John Steppling)

Leituras suplementares

SEBALD, W. G. Chapter III. The Rings of Saturn. Trans. Michael Hulse. New York: New Directions, 1998. 49-71.
PATT, LISE. Introduction. “Searching for Sebald: What I Know for Sure.” Searching for Sebald: Photography after W. G. Sebald. Ed. Lise Patt, Christel Dillbohner. Los Angeles: ICI Press, 2007. 16-97.

Lesson Plan & PowerPoint (Prof. Cohen)