Visual Agency in Art & Architecture

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Visual Agency in Art & Architecture

Gavin Keeney

“Exposition des Textes”

Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

Doctor of Philosophy (Thesis by Publication)

School of Architecture and Built Environment
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

Deakin University

September 2014
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Contents

1/ Acknowledgements 9

2/ Preamble 11

3/ Introduction 13

4/ Research Summary 17
A/ Research Process
B/ Research Tours
C/ Archival Research
D/ Postscript: Conceptuality

5/ Methodologies 21
A/ “Wandering Aimlessly”
B/ Archival Research
C/ Publications/Exhibitions
D/ Archival Exercises

6/ “Exposition des Textes” 33
A/ Discursive and Non-discursive Agency
B/ The Ahistorical/Historical Fuse
C/ Movement and Images

7/ “Paralogisms” (for Scholars) 39

8/ Appendices 41
Appendix A – Conferences, Lectures, Etc. (2011-2014) 43
Appendix B – Exhibitions (2012-2014) 51
“‘Shadow-lands’: The Suffering Image” (2012)
“‘Shadow-lands’ II: Not-I/Thou” (2014)
Appendix C – Major Publications/Books (2012-2014) 75
Dossier Chris Marker: The Suffering Image (2012)
Not-I/Thou: The Other Subject of Art and Architecture (2014)
Appendix D – Archival Exercises (2012-2014) 79
Books (Libraries)
Folios (Libraries/Archives)
Dossiers (Libraries/Archives)
Appendix E – Research Tour (2012) 93
Appendix F – Research Tour (2013) 97
Appendix G – Surplus Effects (2014-) 103
Fulbright Specialist Program
CSP Series: Three Crosses
Publishing Advisory
Scholars Minor
“Humanitarian Work” – Slovenija

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1/ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS/CREDITS

PhD Supervision:

David Jones (School of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University,
Geelong, VIC, Australia); John Rollo (School of Architecture and Built
Environment, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia); Flavia Marcello
(School of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University, Geelong,
VIC, Australia, and Faculty of Design, Swinburne University, Melbourne, VIC,
Australia)

Moral and Logistical Support:

Paul Ghanem OFM (Province of the Holy Spirit, Australia); Judith Taylor SFO
(Emerald, VIC, Australia); Peter Blum (Peter Blum Gallery, New York, New
York, USA); Renée Albada Jelgersma (Peter Blum Gallery, New York, New
York, USA); Zdenka Badovinac (+MSUM/Moderna Galerija Ljubljana,
Ljubljana, Slovenia); Carol Koulikourdi (Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
Newcastle upon Tyne, England); Amanda Millar (Cambridge Scholars
Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, England); Elfreda Crehan (Cambridge
Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, England); Soucin Yip-Sou
(Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, England); Kristen
Thornton (Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library, Deakin University, Geelong,
VIC, Australia); Josephine Le Clerc (Deakin University, Geelong, VIC,
Australia); Alexander Gionfriddo (Australian Film Institute/RMIT, Melbourne,
VIC, Australia); John Murray Herron (School of Architecture and Built
Environment, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia); Robin Keeney
(Virginia Beach, VA, USA)

Peer-to-Peer Network:

José Vela Castillo (Faculty of Architecture, IE University, Segovia, Spain); Maria
Rondeau (Faculty of Architecture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence,
RI, USA); Parsa Khalili (Faculty of Architecture, University of Applied Arts,
Vienna, Austria); Petra Čeferin (Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana,
Ljubljana, Slovenia); Or Ettlinger (Faculty of Architecture, University of
Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia); Teresa Stoppani (Faculty of Architecture, Leeds
Metropolitan University, Leeds, England); Thomas Tilluca Han (Department of
Architecture, Shih-Chien University, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan); Thomas Mical
(School of Architecture, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia);
Eric Schuldenfrei (Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong, China); Thomas Daniell (School of Architecture and Design, University of
Saint Joseph, Macau, China); Adrian Danks (School of Media and
Communication, RMIT, Melbourne, VIC, Australia)

Readers/Network:

Guy Pocock (Botwnnog, Wales); Anne Godfrey (Botwnnog, Wales); Julio da
Costa (London, England); Luca Paci (London, England); Geoffrey Waite
(German Studies Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA); Réda
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Bensmaïa (Department of French Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI,
USA); Sarah Cooper (Department of Film Studies, King’s College, London,
England), Étienne Sandrin (New Media Archive, Centre Pompidou, Paris,
France); Matthew Beckmann OFM (Province of the Holy Spirit, Australia)

Interlocutors/Colleagues:

Sylvia Chan (OMA/AMO, Hong Kong, China); Jessie Mak (White Cube Gallery,
Hong Kong, China); Sylvie Douala-Bell (New Media Archive, Centre Pompidou,
Paris, France); Miran Špelič OFM (Faculty of Theology, University of Ljubljana,
Ljubljana, Slovenia); Patrick Henigan OFM (Province of the Holy Spirit,
Australia); Pablo Román (Urban Strategies Postgraduate Program, University of
Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria); Raffaele Caputo (Melbourne, VIC, Australia);
Mark E. Breeze (Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge,
Cambridge, England); Neža Zajc (Institute of Cultural History, ZRC-SAZU,
Ljubljana, Slovenia); Katja Kranjc (Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana,
Slovenia); Marina Vicelja-Matijašić (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Rijeka,
Rijeka, Croatia); Claudia Wedepohl (Warburg Institute, London, England); Phil
Watson (School of Architecture, University of Greenwich, Greenwich, England)

Libraries/Archives:

Deakin University (Geelong, VIC, Australia); University of Melbourne
(Melbourne, VIC, Australia); Australian Film Institute/RMIT (Melbourne, VIC,
Australia); New Media Archive, Centre Pompidou (Paris, France); British Film
Institute (London, England); Warburg Institute (London, England); National and
University Library (Ljubljana, Slovenia); +MSUM/Moderna Galerija Ljubljana
(Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Cover image – Tomb of Heinrich Heine, Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris, France
(2012). Photo © GK/Agence ‘X’.

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