Research
The Research section brings together a set of conceptual texts developed alongside the photographic work. These writings form a theoretical reflection on images and on the structures of the gaze that run through Alice Odilon’s practice. Organized across several axes, they explore the relationships between the body, memory, the fracture of the image, and the contemporary transformations of the visible.
The Body and the Gaze
This axis examines the relationship between the body and the structures of the gaze. It explores how the photographic image constructs forms of bodily visibility and how these forms participate in the production of cultural and psychological meanings.
Memory and Inscription
This axis investigates photography as a site of inscription for memory. It examines how the image preserves, transforms, or reconfigures traces of experience.
The Fracture of the Image
This axis focuses on the internal fractures of the photographic image. It explores moments when the coherence of the image breaks open and reveals the hidden mechanisms of representation.
Algorithmic Archaeology of Images
This axis examines the emergence of images generated by algorithmic systems. It explores the transformations of the visible produced by artificial intelligence and the new forms of visual archives that it generates.