“For men at war, the function of the weapon is the function of the eye” Paul Virilio I’m currently reading a fairly interesting book entitled Witness, Memory, Representation and the Media in Question ( ed. Ulrik Ekman and Frederik Tygstrup, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2008), based on the proceedings of a symposium held at the … Continue reading Safe Distance
“It is the cinematic image that has expressed in a particularly profound manner this new condition of the image as the inscription of a blank beyond, a closure to the senses, internal to the world and to the very activity of the senses… this beyond that is part of our world, that which makes our … Continue reading Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies
“As a maker (of documentaries), what was not possible anymore for me to do the last 10 years, could well be possible again now. Not exactly making documentaries that is, but having the tools and the posse force ready to start up processes of ‘seeing’ and ‘making visible’ out of the logic of the ‘war … Continue reading Warum 2.0
The second installment of the Video Vortex conference took place in Amsterdam and was hosted by the Institute of Network Cultures and the project instigator, Geert Lovink. The programme was quite varied, and there were a few very interesting perspectives on the internetvideo movement. I particularly liked the ideas of Stefaan Decostere and Thomas Elsaesser. … Continue reading Video Vortex Amsterdam / Report
Geert Lovink New Media Arts at the Crossroads LECTURE ARGOS 05.04.07 // 20:30 The emerging new media arts genre is in a crisis. Not that ‘new media’ are on its way out. What we’re talking here is a luxury problem: in what direction to grow futher? After an initial period in which time and again … Continue reading Geert Lovink: New Media Arts at the Crossroads