Alistair J Parker
Alistair Parker, a former career scientist, following early retirement, decided
to scratch a creative itch and become an artist. He started with a foundation
diploma in art and design, and a BA(Hons) in Fine Art, graduating as top student.
He then completed an MA in Contemporary Art Research and is currently about
to finish a PhD in Fine Art.
His PhD is informed by his art practice and is concerned with the
phenomenology and ontology of the snapshot photograph. The snapshot
photograph has a unique place and purpose in social culture as a classless form
of visual representation, communication, and prosthetic memory.
The snapshot photograph is not the naïve anaesthetic medium that it is made out
to be within the general discourse on the photograph. The desire to communicate
visually through the snapshot is stimulated by an everyday aesthetic experience
associated with the ritual and performative nature of snapshot photography.
In Parker’s research the enduring appeal of the snapshot photograph is
attributable to its ability to elicit memory (remembering and forgetting), and
nostalgia while playing an essential role in our understanding of ego, place and
temporality.
Contact: [email protected]
www.alistairparkerart.com
to scratch a creative itch and become an artist. He started with a foundation
diploma in art and design, and a BA(Hons) in Fine Art, graduating as top student.
He then completed an MA in Contemporary Art Research and is currently about
to finish a PhD in Fine Art.
His PhD is informed by his art practice and is concerned with the
phenomenology and ontology of the snapshot photograph. The snapshot
photograph has a unique place and purpose in social culture as a classless form
of visual representation, communication, and prosthetic memory.
The snapshot photograph is not the naïve anaesthetic medium that it is made out
to be within the general discourse on the photograph. The desire to communicate
visually through the snapshot is stimulated by an everyday aesthetic experience
associated with the ritual and performative nature of snapshot photography.
In Parker’s research the enduring appeal of the snapshot photograph is
attributable to its ability to elicit memory (remembering and forgetting), and
nostalgia while playing an essential role in our understanding of ego, place and
temporality.
Contact: [email protected]
www.alistairparkerart.com