Bodies Connected By Air with Frances Bukovsky
Bodies Connected By Air with Frances Bukovsky
April 24 - May 22, 2025
Meets every Thursday from 12 - 2 PM EDT pm via Zoom for 5 weeks.
Group size: 6
What bodies are we connected to through air? What is exchanged between us?
Air is shared and exchanged between us all, a between-space that we interact with in unique ways based on our own physiologies. Over 5 weeks, participants in this practice group will explore the relationships that bodies have to air and the spaces in which all bodies meet.
With a focus on self-portraiture and embodied photography practices, we will begin by exploring the way we experience air in our bodies—what happens when we draw attention to the exchange between our bodies and air? Through conversation and experimentation, we will be invited to shift our lenses to the exchanges that occur through our shared experiences of air. What other bodies influence air? What are other experiences of air beyond human physiology? In what way does air impact our senses?
This practice group is for all levels of photographers; however, it will focus more on conceptual discussions than technical ones. We will meet once a week for five weeks to share our images, ideas, and questions and engage in rich discussions about air and our bodies.
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 (they/them) explores the intricate relationships between bodies, places, and identities, particularly in the context of chronic illness, disability, and queerness. They apply interdisciplinary research to self portraiture, documentary photography, and camera-less photography to create projects that connect intimate personal experiences to larger systemic issues. They were born in rural upstate New York, and currently live in Marshall, North Carolina.
Bukovsky earned a BFA with honors in Photography and Imaging from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2018. Their work has recently been featured in institutions including UC Irvine, The Bascom: A Center for the Arts, Circle Gallery at UGA, The United Nations HQ in New York, and TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image. Bukovsky’s debut monograph “Vessel” was published with Fifth Wheel Press in 2020. They have been a participant at Artist in Residency programs at the Peter Bullough Foundation in 2022 and the Goodall Visiting Fellows program at Wofford College in 2024. Bukovsky is a co-founder of Kinship Photography Collective as well as a member of Women Photograph.
