Constructed Worlds: breaking down a photo series

‘World building’ is a pivotal process in literature for constructing immersive worlds within the confines of a story. It involves creating intricate landscapes, cultures, histories, and arrangements unique to the narrative universe. It not only provides a backdrop, but also adds depth, texture, and authenticity. The author invites readers into these alternate realities through detailed descriptions, consistent imagery, and richly developed characters.


The course will use ‘world-building’ as a basis for expansion to assess and gain a deeper understanding of how a photo series can develop further. What do our immediate natural environment and infrastructures represent about the current time or the future past? How do we utilize weather patterns, light, and atmosphere to introduce various cycles? How do form, color, or their absence influence different mind states? By examining the spatial histories of a place, utilizing personal accounts to shape directives, and selecting from various modes of image-making, distinctive qualities can be attained within a body of work.

Course leader

Sarker Protick

Target group

Anyone with Laptop (with basic photo-editing software [Photoshop, Adobe Bridge], digital camera (Phone, DSLRS or any other types), material from ongoing projects (photographs, archival material, notes-scans, about 60-100 small working prints)

Course aim

Participants are encouraged to bring at least one ongoing series they are currently pursuing or wish to commit to long-term. Through collective discourse and exercises, one-on-one interactions, and artist-led lectures encompassing personal practice and other relevant works in photography, film, and books, the module aims to encourage students not to limit themselves to being image producers but also to become auteurs of their work.

Fee info

EUR 100: Participation Fee
The fees consist of the enrolment charge of € 100.– (non-refundable) and a course fee which varies according to the length of the course. Students are entitled to the reduced fee on production of a valid confirmation of enrolment at an educational institution for the 2024 summer term as well as SN-Card-holders and members of the Society of Friends of the Summer Academy.

Costs for material used in the courses are not included in the participation fee, and will be charged separately at the beginning of the course.

On acceptance, the enrolment charge of € 100.– should be paid immediately. The course fee must be entered in the Summer Academy account by 30 June 2024.


Payments will be accepted using the following credit cards: Mastercard and Visa
EUR 670: Students attending two consecutive courses pay the enrolment fee only once; the course fee is calculated according to the total number of weeks.
2-week course:
€ 670.– (normal fee)
€ 495.– (reduced fee)

Scholarships

https://www.summeracademy.at/en/studies/scholarships/