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The Many Faces of Camouflage

Jan Babnik

The Many Faces of Camouflage

The article investigates the relationship between social control and camouflage in contemporary conditions of new visibility from the perspective of digitalisation of photographic image and its increased integration into military and surveillance technologies.

A photographic solo comedy by Iiu Susiraja

Jasna Jernejšek

Image by: Iliu Susiraja

A photographic solo comedy by Iiu Susiraja

The article is a critical analysis of the work of Finnish photographer Iiu Susiraja based on her series Good Behaviour / Perfect Everyday Life and conversation with the author. Susiraja places herself and her personal life at the centre of her work.

Governmentality and the Image

Ilija T. Tomanić

John Tagg is one of the most prominent contributors to critical theory and history of photography. In the interview, he talks about the contemporary relationship between (photographic) image and governmentability, on the asymmetrical distribution of power relations that it implies and on the possibilities of resistance to the omnipresent social surveillance.

Digging up the Narrative

Lisa Andergassen

Digging up the Narrative

Photography traditionally generates a truth-claim, while at the same time undermining it by holding the potential of being altered or staged. Since the rise of digital techniques, we are facing different (and easier) ways to manipulate pictures, leading to the notion of the digital photograph as generally mutable and therefore not trustworthy.

Bojan Salaj, photographer

Miha Colner

Image by: Bojan Salaj

Bojan Salaj, photographer

The article that aims to analyse the artistic production of photographer Bojan Salaj is based on conversations and reviews of his archive. Among Slovenian photographers, Salaj is the one who has been seen as an embodiment of the decisive shift in perception of the photographic medium that occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Perceiving Chameleons

Martin Bayer

Image by: Simon Menner

Perceiving Chameleons

For centuries, military uniforms had been colourful to differentiate friend from foe on the battlefield, but also as a distinguishing feature towards civil society. With technological progress and the advent of both aviation and improved photography a century ago, camouflage became a necessity.

Camouflage, or the Temptation of Relationship

Andrea Mubi Brighenti

Image by: Leonardo Selvaggio

Camouflage, or the Temptation of Relationship

Usually, camouflage is interpreted within the frame of deceitful communication. Scholars have mainly provided accounts of camouflage based on strategic-tactical sign emissions within the frame of ecological competition. The dominant key is one of antagonism and belligerence, whereby camouflage and camouflage detection are described as a ‘semiotic arms race’.

Normalisation of Deviance

Ilija T. Tomanić

Normalisation of Deviance

Irish photographer Mark Curran presents his on-going project THE MARKET, which is an exploration of the predatory nature of the functioning and condition of global markets. Focusing on financial and commodity exchanges, Curran provides a multi-layered and multimodal investigation of market culture.

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War and the WWW

War and the WWW

Kurds in Syria and the Networking Websites By definition, realism is committed to faithful description of reality, and documentary to creative treatment of actuality. Notwithstanding the fact that war of images is inherent in all […]

Camouflage – Exhibition

Camouflage – Exhibition

Cankarjev dom, second lobby, 20. April – 5. May 2016, Ljubljana, Slovenia. The exhibition Camouflage presents the works of authors made for the magazine Membrana call for projects on the theme of camouflage. The result […]

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