August 10, 2019

Beyond the Visual
Jonathan Potter

Beyond the Visual
A unique guided experience of analog photography - one night only!

This event coincides with Chinatown Summer Nights.
Enter and exit at any time between 4 PM and 9 PM

Beyond the Visual is an interactive photo booth experience created by photographic artist Jonathan Potter: a combination of visual arts piece, immersive theater, and educational program. Through transforming the intimate Automata Performance Space in Chinatown into a camera obscura / photo studio / darkroom, visitors will experience a guided interactive exploration of the process of making 8”x10” large format images.

Beyond the Visual brings people into the chemistry-based photo making process by creating a Camera Obscura inside Automata's gallery---viewers will enter and experience the physicality of photography beyond the visual. Each small group of visitors will be lead through the show by a steward who guides them through the process of having their photo taken, watching positive and negative images develop before their eyes, and standing inside a large format camera.

More information about Beyond the Visual: http://physicalphotographyobjects.com/

See the article about Beyond the Visual that ran on Emulsive.org HERE

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Born in 1982, Jonathan Potter holds the awkward distinction of being an aging millennial: a kid raised in the age of dial-up modems and AOL messenger. He now grapples with an internal need for an analog life paired with the reality that his digital dreams have come true. Potter has cobbled together home darkrooms for as long as he can remember, always cherishing the hours spent in the red glow of safelights. He has never shied away from the analog process, and now, more than ever, embraces a hybrid digital-analog method. The square Kodak Instamatic prints of his childhood are etched in his mind each time he reviews photos after a shoot, always searching for that same intrigue and innocence brought on by youth.

His images have been published in the L.A. Times, Rouleur Magazine, The Asheville Citizen Times, JPG Magazine, GTU Magazine, Cycling Tips, and used by numerous commercial clients. Based in Los Angeles, California, Potter specializes in performance and process documentation for theater and dance. Potter holds a Masters of Arts from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA.

at:
AUTOMATA
504 Chung King Court
Los Angeles, CA 90012
automata-la@sbcglobal.net