Bolhão Market: for an Image of Collective Authorship
Director Cristina Braga
Countries Portugal
Duration 14 min
Synopsis
Mercado do Bolhão should be seen as a short documentary film about Image of Collective Authorship. It results of a 2 year investigation in the Master of Image Design, in the Fine Arts School, Faculty of Porto. We apply a photographic experiment to a concrete spatial context: the Bolhão Market in Porto. We work with the marketplace traders from the perspective of Image Design in a way that tests the concept of Authorship. This experiment seeks to question the single author as an image creator. This interaction gives rise to a collection of 60 Polaroid photographs - and respective documentation of the process - which are entirely produced/created by the traders. The whole investigation brings into question the limits and possibilities for an Image of Collective Authorship, contributing to a reflection on the dimensions of Image and its related operative contexts.
Mercado do Bolhão should be seen as a short documentary film about Image of Collective Authorship. It results of a 2 year investigation in the Master of Image Design, in the Fine Arts School, Faculty of Porto. We apply a photographic experiment to a concrete spatial context: the Bolhão Market in Porto. We work with the marketplace traders from the perspective of Image Design in a way that tests the concept of Authorship. This experiment seeks to question the single author as an image creator. This interaction gives rise to a collection of 60 Polaroid photographs - and respective documentation of the process - which are entirely produced/created by the traders. The whole investigation brings into question the limits and possibilities for an Image of Collective Authorship, contributing to a reflection on the dimensions of Image and its related operative contexts.