October 15-17 9AM-5PM
"Is it...always an advantage to replace an indistinct picture by a sharp one? Isn't the indistinct one often exactly what we need?" (Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations, sect 71)
Technological advances strive for greater clarity and resolution, but visuals that counteract this with blur, noise, and non-transparent filters are ever more popular. They invite us to see the world, but through a lens that obstructs our vision to dazzling effect. Operating at the mercy of bodies and technologies that are unstable and liable to fail, this mediation is ever-more precarious. Join us as we interrogate the historical, theoretical, and philosophical implications of precarious aesthetics.
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"Is it...always an advantage to replace an indistinct picture by a sharp one? Isn't the indistinct one often exactly what we need?" (Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations, sect 71)
Technological advances strive for greater clarity and resolution, but visuals that counteract this with blur, noise, and non-transparent filters are ever more popular. They invite us to see the world, but through a lens that obstructs our vision to dazzling effect. Operating at the mercy of bodies and technologies that are unstable and liable to fail, this mediation is ever-more precarious. Join us as we interrogate the historical, theoretical, and philosophical implications of precarious aesthetics.
October 15-17 9AM-5PM
"Is it...always an advantage to replace an indistinct picture by a sharp one? Isn't the indistinct one often exactly what we need?" (Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations, sect 71)
Technological advances strive for greater clarity and resolution, but visuals that counteract this with blur, noise, and non-transparent filters are ever more popular. They invite us to see the world, but through a lens that obstructs our vision to dazzling effect. Operating at the mercy of bodies and technologies that are unstable and liable to fail, this mediation is ever-more precarious. Join us as we interrogate the historical, theoretical, and philosophical implications of precarious aesthetics.
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"Is it...always an advantage to replace an indistinct picture by a sharp one? Isn't the indistinct one often exactly what we need?" (Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations, sect 71)
Technological advances strive for greater clarity and resolution, but visuals that counteract this with blur, noise, and non-transparent filters are ever more popular. They invite us to see the world, but through a lens that obstructs our vision to dazzling effect. Operating at the mercy of bodies and technologies that are unstable and liable to fail, this mediation is ever-more precarious. Join us as we interrogate the historical, theoretical, and philosophical implications of precarious aesthetics.
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