CONTENT / ‘Re:Enactment’ is the latest chapter in a series of workshops exploring the various interpretations and potential in narrative architectural photography, following workshops from the previous semesters: ‘Texture, Rhythm, Pattern’ & ‘Visual Storytelling’. Students once again use their photo cameras to capture their personal interpretation of human interaction with the architectural environment, and the potentials in visual storytelling through still images.
AIMS & METHOD / In a similar fashion to the previous semester, the workshop is structured into two photo exercises. Students this semester investigate their broader urban living environment and look for architectural features and situations, which – by way of creative abstraction and with the help of human re-enactment – can be associated with a chosen works of art. In the first exercise they will focus on the contemporary re-enactment of a well-known planar visual artwork (painting, mural, graphics) while on the second week they will choose an emblematic scene from arthouse cinematography for their creative photographic reflection.
These individual reinterpretations shall rely heavily on the interaction between the static architectural background and the human presence. Students are encouraged to utilize a wide range of visual accessories and to follow compositional principles consciously in their effort to put the original situation into a new perspective, adding new layers to the original narrative. In the process, students will have the opportunity to further develop their visual compositional skills, learn to understand the compositional values and narrative potentials in their built surroundings, and to explore the interdisciplinarity and the permeability of borderlines among the different genres of visual art.
SCHEDULE / Two-week workshop. Weekly on-line classes (+ individual work during the week) arranged with the students:
November 11th 2022 (Friday) – 2.00 pm (CET) – Introduction & Project Description
November 15th 2022 (Tuesday) – 9.30 am (CET) – Consultation (Project 1)
November 18th 2022 (Friday) – 10.00 am (CET) – Presentation & Critical Review (Project 1)
November 22nd 2022 (Tuesday) – 9.30 am (CET) – Consultation (Project 2)
November 25th 2022 (Friday) – 10.00 am (CET) – Final Critical Review (Project 1&2)
EVALUATION / Evaluation is based on the fulfilment of workshop aims. Participating students are expected to gain a better understanding the visual characteristics of their urban surroundings and develop their visual compositional skills.
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Architecture (HUNGARY) / PORTSCHY, Szabolcs Dávid (portschy.szabolcs.david@epk.bme.hu)