On Perfection

Jo Longhurst is an artist and a former Leverhulme Fellow of the European Centre for Photographic Research at the University of South Wales, Newport.

• INTRODUCTION – Jo Longhurst FOREWORD – Alfredo Cramerotti A NOTE FROM OUR SPONSOR – Robert Hiscox DESPOILING THE IDEAL – Eva Stenram ON PERFECTION & AFFIRMATION IN STREET PHOTOGRAPHY – Mark Durden LEADING PLATO INTO THE DARKROOM – Clive Cazeaux FAILURE & PERFECTION: FILM WORKS BY JULIAN ROSEFELDT –Julian Rosefeldt CLIVE CAZEAUX & JULIAN ROSEFELDT DISCUSSION – Chaired by Liam Devlin THE EFFORT OF PERFECTION: PERFORMING ADOLESCENCE – Catherine Grant OTHER SPACES: NEW WORKS WITH ELITE GYMNASTS – Jo Longhurst A PERFECT MYTH – Ray Müller, Director of The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, In Conversation with Ceri Higgins ERNST JÜNGER & POST-HUMAN PERFECTION – David Evans SEEING THROUGH – Francette Pacteau BOUNDARY LINES – Leslie Dick, with Audrey Wollen PERFECTING DESIRE: RECONCILING MEMORY – Jonathan Whitehall A PERFECT STRIKE: DOUBLE STANDARDS & ATTACKS ON PERFECTION – Michal Heiman JONATHAN WHITEHALL & MICHAL HEIMAN DISCUSSION – Chaired by Liam Devlin THE PERFECT STUDENT – Oriana Fox ZIDANE: A 21ST CENTURY PORTRAIT, A FILM BY DOUGLAS GORDON & PHILIPPE PARRENO – Dan Hill EREWHON – Jane and Louise Wilson DECONSTRUCTING GENDER IDENTITY & NON-PERFECTION IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF YURIE NAGASHIMA – Marco Bohr LOUISE WILSON & MARCO BOHR DISCUSSION – Chaired by Mark Durden