theories of the vernacular
Interview with Claire Raymond, author of the book The Selfie, Temporality, and Contemporary Photography by Róza Tekla Szilágyi Claire Raymond is a poet, scholar, and educator based in coastal Maine. Her book about the …
Eidolon Shelf represents a collaborative effort between Eidolon and one of our favourite places in Budapest: the newly reopened ISBN+ contemporary art bookstore and gallery space. This initiative showcases a monthly selection of books closely aligned with …
Interview with researcher and writer Melissa Nolas, the co-founder and director of the Children’s Photography Archive by Endre Cserna Melissa Nolas, a visual sociologist, is the Director of the Childhood Publics Research Programme and the Children’s Photography …
A crash course on the origins and importance of the snapshot aesthetic by Urbantsok Tímea The snapshot aesthetic – an imperfect, uncomposed, and spontaneous visual language in photography, typically associated with amateur imagemakers – …
by Dorottya Balkó Historical footages of the first photographic experiments and familiar-looking, viral clips flashing before our eyes, telling the story of how the invention and technological development of the camera fundamentally influenced human …
Interview with Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck, directors of the movie And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine by Róza Tekla Szilágyi The camera as a tool has a fascinating story. In the …
Interview with Andrew Dewdney,co-founder of the Centre for the Study of the Networked Image by Róza Tekla Szilágyi & Endre Cserna Andrew Dewdney, a research professor at London South Bank University, specialises in examining …
The Photo Vault is a newly started podcast series run by the team behind Vernacular Social Club – a journey into Vernacular Photography, archives, collecting and photo books. The host of the podcast is …
by Dorottya Balkó With the passing decades, the changes in memory politics require us to constantly reflect back on and contextualise certain parts of our national history. The photograph functioning as a kind of …
Interview with Oksana Sarkisova and Olga Shevchenko, authors of the book titled In Visible Presence. Soviet Afterlives in Family Photos by Róza Tekla Szilágyi The book is a vivid outline of the role that …
A theoretical attempt to emancipate vernacularity in architecture by buhera klub Professor Geoffrey Batchen while defining the term vernacular to rebrand it for the kind of photo discourse he was interested in pursuing “began …
Watch the presentations of the second segment of our event 'Talks on everyday imaging – the analogue and digital realm of the vernacular' featuring Annebella Pollen, Joanna Zylinska & Joachim Schmid. Annebella Pollen – …
by Dorottya Balkó Not only copyright, but also personality rights could pose a serious challenge for institutions showcasing everyday photographs. Since these photos were taken of and by private individuals, their publishing can understandably …
This week, we present two recordings from our 'Talks on everyday imaging – the analogue and digital realm of the vernacular’ event's Hungarian segment: an insightful lecture by photo critic Judit Gellér on the …
by Dorottya Balkó When someone takes up the challenge of showcasing photographs on a website or as part of a print publication, more often than not faces the limitations of copyright. Therefore, the second …
Watch all three presentations of 'Crash course on analogue everyday photography – vernacular photography outside the realm of the digital', the first segment of our event 'Talks on everyday imaging – the analogue and …
Watch Geoffrey Batchen's keynote speech at our event 'Talks on everyday imaging – the analogue and digital realm of the vernacular' Introduced into photographic discourse in about 2000, the term ‘vernacular photography’ has now …
by Dorottya Balkó Although amateur or family photographs weren’t created with the intention of being institutionally collected, researched, and displayed, these visual materials have still become an important topic in contemporary visual culture. The …
Hungarian Interview Series (with English subtitles) by Róza Tekla Szilágyi & Endre Cserna András Bán (1951), visual anthropologist, teacher, art critic, has been publishing reviews and essays specifically on fine-art photography and contemporary art …
Interview with Czech researcher and lecturer Michal Simunek by Róza Tekla Szilágyi & Endre Cserna Michal Simunek is a Czech academic specialising in media studies and sociology. His scholarly interests span various fields, including …
