The ephemerality of the snapchat image. Resisting Matter: Describing Archival Objects

In this paper, I thematize the nature of the ephemeral image. This new kind of picture, which became popular across social media through the application Snapchat, offers a peculiar phenomenological experience for the user, which I mainly engage through the recent work of the German philosophe...

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Main Author: Adrien Bordone
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Language:English
Published: AP2 2020-12-01
Series:Architecture Image Studies Scientific Journal
Online Access:https://journals.wisethorough.com/index.php/AIS/article/view/301
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description In this paper, I thematize the nature of the ephemeral image. This new kind of picture, which became popular across social media through the application Snapchat, offers a peculiar phenomenological experience for the user, which I mainly engage through the recent work of the German philosopher Lambert Wiesing. The main thesis of this work is that ephemeral images appear to their users with a greater degree of presence, enhancing their actuality and orality, and developing our memory capabilities.
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title The ephemerality of the snapchat image. Resisting Matter: Describing Archival Objects
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