Hubert Damisch's 'La dénivelée' Explores Photography's Uneven Ground
Hubert Damisch's new book 'La dénivelée: à l'épreuve de la photographie' opens with a text from 1963, 'Cinq notes pour une phénoménologie de l'image photographique,' originally published in the defunct journal l'Arc. The collection of fourteen micro-essays examines the 'difference in potential' between photography and other arts, a 'dénivelée' that drives a dynamic circulation. Damisch analyzes the work of Denis Roche and Rosalind Krauss, and discusses the violence of the image—the 'unseen' (invu) that photography and cinema introduced into art history, disrupting Hegelian teleology. Published by Fiction & Cie / Seuil.
Key facts
- Hubert Damisch published 'La dénivelée: à l'épreuve de la photographie'.
- The book opens with a 1963 text 'Cinq notes pour une phénoménologie de l'image photographique'.
- The 1963 text originally appeared in the journal l'Arc.
- The book contains fourteen micro-essays.
- Damisch introduces the concept of 'dénivelée' as a difference in potential between photography and other arts.
- The book analyzes works by Denis Roche and Rosalind Krauss.
- Damisch discusses the violence of the image and the 'invu' (unseen) introduced by photography and cinema.
- Published by Fiction & Cie / Seuil.
Entities
Artists
- Hubert Damisch
- Denis Roche
- Rosalind Krauss
Institutions
- Fiction & Cie
- Seuil
- l'Arc
Sources
- artpress —