ECAL in Seoul : exhibition Automated Photography

ECAL in Seoul : exhibition Automated Photography

Following the success of the exhibition resulting from the Automated Photography research project at Paris Photo in 2021 and then at the Galerie l'elac in 2022, the ECAL is exporting this project to Plateform-L in Seoul from 17 September to 8 October 2022, through an immersive audiovisual exhibition.

Research project (2022)

Assistants
Florian Amoser, Clément Lambelet

An increasing number of images are produced autonomously by machines for machines with a progressive exclusion of any human intervention. Automated Photography is a research project developed by the Master of Photography that questions this situation by examining image production and distribution technologies: CGI, drones, machine learning, photogrammetry, augmented reality.

Master Photography students are also going to Seoul for a Summer University in collaboration with Platform-L. Accompanied by Marco De Mutiis, digital curator at the Fotomuseum Winterthur and lecturer at the ECAL, they will present their work during a pop-up exhibition on 8 October at Platform-L.

ARTISTS
Nora Al-Badri , Simone Niquille , Alan Warburton , Florian Amoser Sara Bastai , Emidio Battipaglia , Emma Bedos , Alexey Chernikov , Gaël Corboz , Nikolai Frerichs , Sally Jo , Gohan Keller , Philipp Klak , Augustin Lignier , Valentin Woeffray
DATES AND SCHEDULES
17 September to 8 October 2022
Tuesday - Sunday
11am - 8pm
OPENING
16 September
6pm - 8pm
VENUE
Platform-L, Seoul
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Exposition at Platform-L, Seoul - Image ECAL/Florian Amoser
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Exposition at Platform-L, Seoul - Image ECAL/Florian Amoser
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Exposition at Platform-L, Seoul - Image ECAL/Florian Amoser
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Exposition at Platform-L, Seoul - Image ECAL/Florian Amoser
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Exposition at Platform-L, Seoul - Image ECAL/Florian Amoser
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Exposition at Platform-L, Seoul - Image ECAL/Florian Amoser

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