Revolutions of Resolution
Digital technologies have profoundly transformed the process of production and transmission of visual information and images. From a critical perspective on visual culture this article proposes an analysis of low-resolution digital images, here treated as poor images (Steyerl), in today’s “class so...
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Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group
2014-03-01
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Digital technologies have profoundly transformed the process of production and transmission of visual information and images. From a critical perspective on visual culture this article proposes an analysis of low-resolution digital images, here treated as poor images (Steyerl), in today’s “class society of images”. Resolution refers to a material dimension of images that needs to be explored. A critical approximation to the role of poor images in today’s transnational and global communication asks for a focus on their modes of circulation, politics of accessibility and property rights as well as on the role of materiality in the economy of contemporary visual culture.
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| spelling | doaj-art-a3d7076039954e03b2c4f18e7b449c8b2025-08-20T03:39:21ZengPaderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research GrouptripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique1726-670X2014-03-0112110.31269/triplec.v12i1.510510Revolutions of ResolutionJoaquin Zerené HarchaPaula Cardoso Pereira Digital technologies have profoundly transformed the process of production and transmission of visual information and images. From a critical perspective on visual culture this article proposes an analysis of low-resolution digital images, here treated as poor images (Steyerl), in today’s “class society of images”. Resolution refers to a material dimension of images that needs to be explored. A critical approximation to the role of poor images in today’s transnational and global communication asks for a focus on their modes of circulation, politics of accessibility and property rights as well as on the role of materiality in the economy of contemporary visual culture. https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/510poor imageaudiovisual capitalismdigital imagehierarchy of imagesimage-valueimage circulation |
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| topic | poor image audiovisual capitalism digital image hierarchy of images image-value image circulation |
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