The Uncanny in Writing the Picture (2010) by John Fuller and David Hurn
From the late 1980s onwards, John Fuller started writing poems intended to illustrate several pictures taken by David Hurn between 1966 and 2009. This collaboration—which is unprecedented in the history of Welsh art—gave rise to the publication of Writing the Picture in 2010. At the confluence of tw...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:etudesecossaises_1306 https://doi.org/10.4000/etudesecossaises.1306 urn:doi:10.4000/etudesecossaises.1306 en https://journals.openedition.org/etudesecossaises/1306 2017-03-31T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/g5us All rights reserved The Uncanny in Writing the Picture (2010) by John Fuller and David Hurn Études écossaises UGA Éditions - Université Grenoble Alpes info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1969-6337 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1240-1439 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/etudesecossaises Saby, Aurélien poésie Fuller Hurn photographie inquiétante étrangeté poetry Fuller Hurn photography uncanny From the late 1980s onwards, John Fuller started writing poems intended to illustrate several pictures taken by David Hurn between 1966 and 2009. This collaboration—which is unprecedented in the history of Welsh art—gave rise to the publication of Writing the Picture in 2010. At the confluence of two aesthetics that keep on feeding each other, this collection of duotone images and poems is undeniably imbued with a sense of what Freud calls “the Uncanny”. Indeed, according to Hurn, who also is a photography theoretician, the best pictures produce forms of strangeness that are crucial to their success. And the uncanniness characterizing his art—including the weirdness of ordinary scenes of the Welsh daily life—obviously fascinated Fuller whose perfect mastery of complex forms always testifies to some unfulfilled wish to better grasp the mysteries of the real. À partir de la fin des années 1980, John Fuller commence à illustrer de ses vers plusieurs photos de David Hurn prises entre 1966 et 2009. Le fruit de cette collaboration inédite dans l’histoire de l’art gallois donnera lieu à l’ouvrage Writing the Picture publié en 2010. Ce recueil, au confluent de deux esthétiques qui n’ont de cesse de s’enrichir mutuellement, est sans conteste baigné d’une « inquiétante étrangeté » au sens de Freud. Pour le théoricien qu’est Hurn, c’est en effet de son caractère étrange que toute grande photo tire sa force. Et c’est sans nul doute cette caractéristique de ses plus grands clichés — et l’étrangeté de scènes ordinaires du quotidien — qui fascine Fuller, dont la parfaite maîtrise des formes poétiques les plus complexes témoigne toujours en creux d’un désir à jamais inassouvi de mieux cerner les mystères du réel. |
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From the late 1980s onwards, John Fuller started writing poems intended to illustrate several pictures taken by David Hurn between 1966 and 2009. This collaboration—which is unprecedented in the history of Welsh art—gave rise to the publication of Writing the Picture in 2010. At the confluence of two aesthetics that keep on feeding each other, this collection of duotone images and poems is undeniably imbued with a sense of what Freud calls “the Uncanny”. Indeed, according to Hurn, who also is a photography theoretician, the best pictures produce forms of strangeness that are crucial to their success. And the uncanniness characterizing his art—including the weirdness of ordinary scenes of the Welsh daily life—obviously fascinated Fuller whose perfect mastery of complex forms always testifies to some unfulfilled wish to better grasp the mysteries of the real. |
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