Is Dionysian photography possible

[garpet]

and if so, what form does it take? how can an image overpower the senses? In architecture I feel the representation of the forms is merely the tracing of lines and shapes, which gestures to an existence beyond the illusory -- while remaining apart from the illusory. How would one create an overwhelming image which dissolves the distinction between the self and the other such that a unity is achieved?

 

[koraks]

I think you'll have to help us all by offering a definition of how you understand the Dionysian construct.

Also:

In architecture I feel the representation of the forms is merely the tracing of lines and shapes, which gestures to an existence beyond the illusory

Are you referring to architectural photography, or architecture (I assume of buildings, spaces) proper? In case of the latter, I don't see a whole lot happening in Western architecture that I would associated with 'Dynonisian' qualities. Maybe a little rococo or Jugendstil, but pretty much everything that comes after it and has been in vogue over the past 150 years or so seems pretty austere overall and as such the polar opposite of what I'd interpret as Dyonisian.

How would one create an overwhelming image which dissolves the distinction between the self and the other such that a unity is achieved?

Magic mushrooms, perhaps?

I feel you may be asking an interesting question, but if you truly want to engage with others on this forum on the matter, I also think you'll have to explain a decent bit about the background of your question and your underlying views/assumptions.

Also, going out on a limb, I'm wondering if you refer to the photograph as the final result as it appears to the viewer, or (also) the process of making it. I can imagine very 'un-Dyonisian' ways of making an image that ends up seeming very Dyonisian (the other way around seems a tad more daunting).