Operational Images: From the Visual to the Invisual - Couverture souple

Parikka, Jussi

 
9781517912116: Operational Images: From the Visual to the Invisual
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ISBN 10 : 1517912113 ISBN 13 : 9781517912116
Editeur : University of Minnesota Press, 2023

Synopsis

An in-depth look into the transformation of visual culture and digital aesthetics

First introduced by the German filmmaker Harun Farocki, the term operational images defines the expanding field of machine vision. In this study, media theorist Jussi Parikka develops Farocki's initial concept by considering the extent to which operational images have pervaded today's visual culture, outlining how data technologies continue to develop and disrupt our understanding of images beyond representation.

Charting the ways that operational images have been employed throughout a variety of fields and historical epochs, Parikka details their many roles as technologies of analysis, capture, measurement, diagramming, laboring, (machine) learning, identification, tracking, and destruction. He demonstrates how, though inextricable from issues of power and control, operational images extend their reach far beyond militaristic and colonial violence and into the realms of artificial intelligence, data, and numerous aspects of art, media, and everyday visual culture.

Serving as an extensive guide to a key concept in contemporary art, design, and media theory, Operational Images explores the implications of machine vision and the limits of human agency. Through a wealth of case studies highlighting the areas where imagery and data intersect, this book gives us unprecedented insight into the ever-evolving world of posthuman visuality.

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À propos de l?auteur

Jussi Parikka is professor of digital aesthetics and culture at Aarhus University as well as professor at University of Southampton and visiting professor at FAMU, Prague. He is author of A Geology of Media, Insect Media (both from Minnesota), Digital Contagions, and What Is Media Archaeology?

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Éditeur
University of Minnesota Press
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1517912113
ISBN 13 
9781517912116
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
296
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1517912105 ISBN 13 :  9781517912109
Editeur : University of Minnesota Press, 2023
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