A Complex Definition of a Body with Frances Bukovsky
A Complex Definition of a Body with Frances Bukovsky
January 25th - February 29th. Meets every Thursday from 7 - 8:30 pm EST via Zoom for 6-weeks.
Where do our bodies end and other bodies begin? How does our understanding of the edges of our being influence us? A Complex Definition of a Body is a practice group that aims to add layers of complexity to our understanding of where we end and the world begins.
Let’s embark on a cross-disciplinary exploration of what we consider to be a body. Taking inspiration from microbiology, psychology, and ecology, we will be following threads of curiosity to explore what happens visually when we blur the borders between multiplicitous bodies, both human, and more-than-human.
This is a group to experiment with ideas, play with different visual techniques, and spark inquisitiveness about how photography can help us visualize the complexity of defining the edges of a body. The focus of the group will be on emerging ideas rather than technical instruction, though all questions are always welcome within the group. For all levels of photographers.
Kinship uses a pay-what-you-can honor system with a minimum donation or $50. The average contribution for a six-week practice group is $125. Please give as generously as you can. If you cannot afford the minimum contribution of $50 please don't hesitate to request a scholarship.
Frances Bukovsky (b. 1996 they/them) makes images about the intricate relationship between bodies, environments, and identities within the context of chronic illness, disability, and queerness. Bukovsky applies interdisciplinary research to self portraiture, documentary photography, and camera-less photography to make projects that connect intimate personal experience to broader systemic issues.
Raised in rural New York, Bukovsky earned a BFA in Photography and Imaging from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2018. Since then, Bukovsky has been actively showing their work in venues such as the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, The Bascom: A Center for the Arts, TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image, and Circle Gallery at University of Georgia in Athens. In 2020 Bukovsky published their debut monograph “Vessel” with Fifth Wheel Press and is a co-founding member of the Kinship Photography Collective.
Bukovsky currently lives in Marshall, NC.
