# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Staged Photography and Mimesis:  Caneva’s 1850s Images of China
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 03:30 pm (+02:00)
- **Event Description**: Conferenza di Sarah E. Fraser (in inglese)
Ingresso gratuito su invito, fino a esaurimento posti.

One of the challenges of researching East Asia is the legacy of colonial photography and extracting historical data. This talk will explore different types of staged photography and stereotypes, ethnographic references and construction, and how to use early photography as a reference tool for research. How do we assess personal, individual, and geographic data presented in colonial photographs? Further, Giacomo Caneva’s photographs of 1850s China suggest different forms of staging that allow us to interrogate the role of mimesis in nineteenth and twentieth-century East Asian visual culture. In what ways do these materials offering seemingly objective views relate to curated photos from the early history of photography of China? Later, how did Chinese photographers subvert and reinvent photographic regimes?

Sarah E. Fraser è professoressa e direttrice dell'Istituto di Storia dell'Arte dell'Asia Orientale presso l'Università di Heidelberg. Le sue pubblicazioni includono il volume Women Cross Media: East Asian Photography, Prints, and Porcelain in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (2022) e Performing the Visual: The Practice of Buddhist Wall Painting in China and Central Asia, 618-960 (2004).
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/venice/staged-photography-and-mimesis-caneva’s-1850s-images-of-china/200029966881034
- **Event Categories**: art, performances, fine-arts, photography, entertainment, business, conferences
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Venice
- **state**: VE
- **country**: Italy
- **location**: Museo d'Arte Orientale Venezia
- **lat**: 45.4409294
- **long**: 12.3313103
- **full address**: Museo d'Arte Orientale Venezia, Sestiere Santa Croce, 2076 (Fondamenta de Ca' Pesaro),Venice, Italy

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Staged Photography and Mimesis:  Caneva’s 1850s Images of China being held?
  - **A:** Staged Photography and Mimesis:  Caneva’s 1850s Images of China takes place on Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 03:30 pm to Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 03:30 pm at Museo d'Arte Orientale Venezia, Sestiere Santa Croce, 2076 (Fondamenta de Ca' Pesaro),Venice, Italy.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Staged Photography and Mimesis:  Caneva’s 1850s Images of China?
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- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Staged Photography and Mimesis:  Caneva’s 1850s Images of China is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Venice, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Staged Photography and Mimesis:  Caneva’s 1850s Images of China sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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