THE IMAGE LOOKS BACK

Image: Mike Gray, Baru Karas,

27/Mar/2020 - 16/May/2020

VENUE: RMIT Gallery

In an era of post truth, fake news, and manipulated images, The Image Looks Back explores the reconfiguration of photography, asking how notions of visual truth and human experience are shaped by new technologies of vision.
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Curated by Alison Bennett, Shane Hulbert, Rebecca Najdowski and Daniel Palmer
Artists Jacqueline Felstead, Joan Fontcuberta, Forensic Architecture, Generative Photography (Adam Brown, Tabea Iseli, Alan Warburton), Mike Gray, Joe Hamilton, Thomas Hirschhorn, Rhonda Holberton, Fei Jun, Amalia Lindo, Rosa Menkman, Tyler Payne, Queertech.io, Joachim Schmid and Winnie Soon.
Free events (unless indicated) Bookings Eventbrite
Thursday 26 March 6-8 pm Exhibition opening. Friday 27 March 12.30-1.30 pm curators’ floor talk. Thursday 2 April 2-4 pm Remix Culture: Photoshop like your life depended on it (Workshop for Year 10-12 students – limited numbers) with Alison Bennett & Xanthe Dobbie. Saturday 9 May 2-3 pm What happens when the image looks back? Panel discussion. Saturday 9 May 3.15-4 pm Guided exhibition tour with curators.