processing identity

.. as to signal identifications, which are processing from multipicity, construction, mobility, .. whilst searching for some background material to remember the quote, which has been on my mind in collecting sparks for a general interpretation of the cultural effect of digitation I came across this and to the decision to make it short and link further:< Read More

In our digital hall of mirrors,

Susan Sonntag defines: … the pictures aren’t going to go away. Yes, it seems that one picture is worth a thousand words. And even if our leaders choose not to look at them, there will be thousands more snapshots and videos. Unstoppable. … and they even re-appear in grim mutations (via) of the society, which […] Read More

Filling in the Blanks

Embeded or not embeded .. not only concerning military aspects - it is still a real question nowadays .... Today new york times reports about two films which offer different views on war in iraq then the actual media image, which commonly is transmitted. Read More

In-between spaces

The location of culture is shifting. As Homi K. Bhabha has written, in his attempt to relocate the notion of Western modernity, "What must be mapped as a new international space of discontinuous historical realities is, in fact, the problem of signifying the interstitial passages and processes of cultural difference that are inscribed in the 'in-between,' Read More

.. and again: introducing some more ambivalence on this theme

The content of ACCESS calls for awareness of the implications of surveillance, detection, celebrity, and their impact on society. The structure of ACCESS is intentionally ambiguous, revealing the obsession/fascination for control, visibility, and vigilance: scary or fun. ACCESS was primarily influenced by the beauty of the surveillance representations (x-rayed bodies, luggage or vehicles, 3D laser […] Read More