Bandung Photo Showcase

Case Study of Hybrid Photography Exhibition

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211228.054How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Bandung Photo Showcase; photography; online exhibition; hybrid exhibition; COVID-19

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic affects many factors in the life of modern society, one of which is art. Many art events have been postponed and many galleries have been temporarily closed to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. This force majeure forces art activists to think more creatively in organizing exhibitions or other art events. One way to do this is by conducting online exhibitions. The use of digital platforms as exhibition platforms may not be new, but this pandemic is forcing people to learn and use digital technology to their full potential as quickly as possible. Bandung Photo Showcase is an exhibition activity that adapts to these conditions. The series of exhibition activities held from November 2020 to January 2021 at the Soemardja Gallery FSRD-ITB (and the extended exhibition at Selasar Sunaryo Art Space), invited 12 artists from 7 countries, applied the hybrid method by using both online and offline approach simultaneously. To maintain health protocols and physical distance, only limited visitors can view the exhibition offline, while opening, virtual exhibition, and discussions were also carried out online through social media channels. The goal of this research is to examine the new kind of exhibition phenomena that is safe to conduct in the pandemic era that could be a new normal kind of exhibition. The data on this research are obtained through reviewing curatorial records, books, documentation, and interviews. The term photography in this paper refers to the (fine) “art photography” which specifically discusses (or places) photography as the part of visual art practice, to distinguish it from “art of photography” which refers to a set of skills and fine tuning in order to create a picture using a camera. In general, this paper is expected to become a note for the progress of art events during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia and the world, and specifically to record this event in the history of photography in Indonesia. This paper is also expected to be an insight and input in developing new exhibition methods that can reach more audiences. Not only in the context of responding to the pandemic, but in the long run it will also be useful in developing a wider market linkage, as well as fostering a new discourse. The digital approach in this hybrid exhibition may not convey the whole information required by the audiences to be fully submerged into the artworks. It lacks aura and other spatial information, but on the other hand it helps us to virtually see the exhibition without risking our safety in such a pandemic condition.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Michael Binuko Sri Herawan
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/28
TI  - Bandung Photo Showcase
BT  - Proceedings of the ICON ARCCADE 2021: The 2nd International Conference on Art, Craft, Culture and Design (ICON-ARCCADE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 413
EP  - 418
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211228.054
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211228.054
ID  - Herawan2021
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