Amandine Kuhlmann

Amandine
Kuhlmann

Projects

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Amandine Kuhlmann – Cash Me Online

by Amandine Kuhlmann

Cash Me Online is a video project where I stage myself, combining performance with found footage. With the goal of achieving viral fame, I embrace delusion and despair in this exploration, which delves into the impact of cameras in the era of social media. Through a hyper-feminine digital alter ego based on my own algorithm, I perform in virtual and physical realms, fulfilling desires and aspirations. The project questions self-representation and the female gaze in the presence of empowered women on screen. The project examines tensions between toxic feminine tropes and how women reclaim them for empowerment. Found footage combined with a deepfake of my own face serves as a visual album, revealing content diversity and standardisation, introducing ambiguity in notions of dysmorphia.

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Automated Photography - Fall 2022 - MAP2

with Marco De Mutiis

The course focuses on the relationship between photography and play, and rethinks the role of the photographer as player. Students learned about notions of gamification of the image as well as image play as a form of artistic intervention, questioning systems of value creation and image economies. During the semester, students looked at contemporary and more historical artworks, as well as vernacular positions, engaging with the way artists and photographers submit or subvert rules, conform to or rebel against image systems, and ultimately ‘win’ or ‘lose’ the game. The course also introduced practical tools, learning the foundations of creative programming and how to (mis)use software and automated imaging systems.

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Self-Initiated Project - Fall 2022 - MAP2

with Elisa Medde

The second-year students worked on projects that they themselves had initiated, under the direction of Elisa Medde.

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Materialized Photography - Fall 2022 - MAP2

with Felicity Hammond

In this module, students explored the potential for the photographic image to simultaneously be a backdrop, object, and prop. Students maked images both for the purpose of being reimaged and for their sculptural possibilities, ending in a work that investigates the potential for an endless cycle of images and objects. Crucially, students considered the staging of the work, and the conceptual and physical site for which it is intended.

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Photobook - Fall 2021

with Bruno Ceschel

The photobook module introduces students to the history of photobooks and artists’ books and leads them to consider different strategies and approaches to contemporary book-making. In the first term students individually conceptualised a publication that have been designed, printed and distributed.