Singular photographical perspectives in contemporary art

Abstract

Introduction: We analyze the photographic experimentation carried out by two relevant contemporary artists, Marina Abramovic and Manuel Franquelo, as outstanding manifestations that explore the conception of the image as data. Methodology: We continue qualitative research based on studies on the artists' technical collaborators. Based on in-depth interviews with the artists and producers involved. The theoretical framework contextualizes and applies the assumptions of Adam Lowe's article Focusing on form: The future of photography. Results: Both works have investigated the technical connection between photography and three dimensions, integrating computer data with traditional art materials. In these processes the figure of the producer takes center stage. Discussion: Four significant consequences are deduced: its intermedial capacity, the diversity in its materialization, the multidisciplinary forms of work and its unlimited editability that call into question the unique work. Conclusions: they make visible the problem of the polarization between virtuality and materialization of the image and question the powers granted to the artist, which make him responsible for the management of all the information of his work.