Jean Baudrillard

“Every photographed object is merely the trace left behind by the disappearance of all the rest. It is an almost perfect crime.”
– Jean Baudrillard

Jean Baudrillard is a renowned French philosopher and theorist who has had a profound influence on cultural practices for over thirty years. While he is best known for his writings, Baudrillard has been making photographic works since the mid-eighties. A selection of these photographs including self-portraits, still lifes and cityscapes taken during his many travels will be included in the exhibition at Charles H. Scott Gallery.

Although his photographs are invariably viewed in relation to his theories, Baudrillard has said, “I started taking photographs at a particular moment in time, so as not to have to write anymore and, above all, so as not to have to write about photography. It was a strange sort of alternative. Photography encapsulated discourse and from its silence you could instinctively perceive the multitude of possibilities contained within it”.

In conjunction with the exhibition, Jean Baudrillard will be giving a public lecture on October 18th at 7:30pm in the theatre at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. A reception for the exhibition will take place the following evening at Charles H. Scott Gallery at 7:30pm.