In the Japanese perspective, the in-between, or Ma, is the interval between two objects or spaces. For this course, this means there is an opening, a gap in all images (or series of images) to appropriate a new type of reading (spectrum). We will use this term and its understanding in order to discuss the dialogue that occurs between multiple objects (or images), and use this as a catalyst for a critical investigation of the complex relationships between space and its representations in photography and (of) models. 

To further elaborate this we would look at the japanese word Ku meaning the great void or the emptiness that can not be understood by the intellect, but rather has been triggered by the intuition or the subconscious. By using found images that do not initially belong together as a point of departure, the course follows the trajectory of André Breton who described Surrealism as “the chance meeting on a dissecting-table of a sewing-machine and an umbrella”.  

The typical causality between photography and architecture often starts with a three-dimensional space that is to be transformed into a two-dimensional image. But what if the tables are turned? In this course the students will construct and photograph models, based on found photographs.