Evening Class
Examining Time in Photography: Memory, Ephemerality, and Permanence
Photography swings on the unique pendulum between the past and the present. More so than any other medium, time is a thread within and throughout each photograph we encounter, simultaneously signifying preservation and endless loss. What happens, though, when we examine that thread more closely, and turn our gaze towards the notion of time as the very subject of the photographic work we create? In this course, students will do just that. Through lectures and exercises, students will create a visual photographic diary to explore the concept of time in ways that are visual, linear, abstract, and serial. This class is intended for those who want to begin or continue a photographic practice of examining time, memory, ephemerality, and permanence.
Kat Shannon is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and educator working in photography, text, and video, currently based between São Paulo, Brazil, and Orlando, Florida. Her work examines notions of intimacy, human connection, gender, community, and culture. She holds degrees in photography from Savannah College of Art and Design (BFA) as well as Bard College (MFA).
Kat has held teaching positions at Yeshiva University, Brookdale College, Stetson University, Middlesex College, and ICP, and previously worked for three years as the head curator at an art consultancy in New York. In 2017 Kat co-founded the collaborative artist collective Memory Foam through which she curates exhibitions, publishes and collects artists' books and zines, and produces an artist interview series called “Artists Eat Ice Cream.”
Kat teaches Ways of Seeing, Photography as Pilgrimage, and other personal vision classes for StrudelmediaLive.
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