At First Sight - Coup de Foudre

Caruana, Natasha (2015) At First Sight - Coup de Foudre. [Exhibition/show, Photography]

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Love at First Sight / 'Coup de Foudre'

Love at First Sight / 'Coup de Foudre'

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Love at First Sight / 'Coup de Foudre'

Love at First Sight / 'Coup de Foudre'

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Love at First Sight / 'Coup de Foudre'

Love at First Sight / 'Coup de Foudre'

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Love at First Sight / 'Coup de Foudre'

Love at First Sight / 'Coup de Foudre'

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Install image, At First Sight/'Coup de Foudre', Grand Palais, Paris Photo, 2015

Install image, At First Sight/'Coup de Foudre', Grand Palais, Paris Photo, 2015

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Install image, At First Sight/'Coup de Foudre', Grand Palais, Paris Photo, 2015

Install image, At First Sight/'Coup de Foudre', Grand Palais, Paris Photo, 2015

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Brasca, S, (2015), de l’air, le magazine qui donne a voir, France, pp 42 - 44

Brasca, S, (2015), de l’air, le magazine qui donne a voir, France, pp 42 - 44

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Bainbridge, S, (2016) British Journal of Photography, Look and Learn, London, Aptitude Media, pp 68 - 74

Bainbridge, S, (2016) British Journal of Photography, Look and Learn, London, Aptitude Media, pp 68 - 74

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Guerreni, S and Gilli, (2015) G, Oltre L’immagine, Inconscio e fotografia, Postcart, Rome, pp 130 - 143

Guerreni, S and Gilli, (2015) G, Oltre L’immagine, Inconscio e fotografia, Postcart, Rome, pp 130 - 143

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Exhibition Guide, Photo50 Feminine Masculine, Modern British Contemporary Art, London Art Fair, 2015

Exhibition Guide, Photo50 Feminine Masculine, Modern British Contemporary Art, London Art Fair, 2015

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Exhibition Guide, Rencontres de Arles, At First Sight, 2015

Exhibition Guide, Rencontres de Arles, At First Sight, 2015

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Arles 2015, (2015), Le Recontres De La Photopgraphie, Coup de Foudre / At First Sight, Italy,EBS à Vérone, pp170-177

Arles 2015, (2015), Le Recontres De La Photopgraphie, Coup de Foudre / At First Sight, Italy,EBS à Vérone, pp170-177

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Bruvere, I, (2016) Riga Photography Festival, 2016, Rigas Fotografijas Biennale, Riga, pp 48 - 51

Bruvere, I, (2016) Riga Photography Festival, 2016, Rigas Fotografijas Biennale, Riga, pp 48 - 51

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Documentary still

Documentary still

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Creators:
Caruana, Natasha
Description/Abstract:

Caruana's project for the 2014 BMW Residency at the Nicéphore Niépce Museum in Chalon-sur-Saône, France, searches for the truth behind love at first sight or ‘coup de foudre’ (bolt of lightning in English). Her work explores personal experience alongside investigating the subject through the work of neuroscientists, anthropologists and evolutionary biologists.

Using photography as her tool, Caruana unpicks the personal experience of falling in love at first sight during her residency in Chalon. In her search for the truth she turns to science, Mother Nature and other people’s accounts of this romantic phenomenon.

Science challenges the romantic, fairytale, happily-ever-after notion of love. Turning to Charles Darwin’s seminal text On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (published in 1859), and research by academic Alfred Kinsey who wrote Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948), and second book about female humans and sexual behaviour five years later, Caruana found the counter argument to her experience; she could not investigate the romance of humans without employing science to explore love at first sight in a critical, objective way.

Item Type:
Art/Design Item
Other Contributors:
François Cheval (Curator), Hannah Redler (Curator), Federica Chiocchetti (Curator), Inga Bruvere (Curator)
Official URL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN08baDzmS0
Date:
7 July 2015
Funders:
BMW Art and Culture France, University for the Creative Arts
Locations / Venues:
Location
From Date
To Date
Riga Festival, Riga, Latvia
April 2016
Photo50, London Art Fair, London, UK
20 January 2016
24 January 2016
Paris Photo, The Grand Palais, Paris, France
12 November 2015
15 November 2015
Rencontres d’Arles, Salle Henri Comte, Arles, France
6 July 2015
31 August 2015
Nicéphore Niépce Museum in Chalon-sur-Saône, France
2015
Love is an Act, Open Data Institute, London
16 July 2015
23 May 2016
Additional Information:

Accompanying publication
Supporting 'making of' documentary

Uncontrolled Keywords or tags :
BMW (Award Winner), Documenta (Film Genre), François Goizé, BMW (Automobile Company), Niepce, Caruana, Photographer (Profession)
Schools:
School of Fine Art, Crafts & Photography
Related URLs:
Depositing User:
Ms. Natasha Caruana
Date Deposited:
31 Jul 2017 16:41
Last Modified:
08 Mar 2018 15:59
Art/Design Categories:
Exhibition/show, Photography
URI:
https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/3473

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