Diving into the Deep End, to Renew and Extend Our Perceptions
摘要
This text explores three variations on the original figure of the “leap into nature” found in Jean Epstein’s Mauprat (1926): when the human being implements an aesthetic perception that immerses him in natural elements (Jonas Mekas, Chris Welsy, Ralph Steiner); when a body is itself immersed in a natural environment, giving rise to forms of entanglement (Zachary Epcar, Rose Lowder, Helena Gouveia Monteiro); and when the very processes of image production resemble a dive into the deep end, notably to reveal silver images through ecoprocessing (MTK workshop, Philip Hoffman, Karel Doing).