MachineMachine /stream - tagged with representation http://machinemachine.net/stream/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sweetcron therourke@gmail.com The Spam of the Earth: Withdrawal from Representation (by Hito Steyerl) http://www.e-flux.com/journal/the-spam-of-the-earth/ Image spam is one of the many dark matters of the digital world; spam tries to avoid detection by filters by presenting its message as an image file. An inordinate amount of these images floats around the globe, desperately vying for human attention.2 They advertise pharmaceuticals, replica items, body enhancements, penny stocks, and degrees. According to the pictures dispersed via image spam, humanity consists of scantily dressed degree-holders with jolly smiles enhanced by orthodontic braces. ]]> Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:32:48 -0700 http://www.e-flux.com/journal/the-spam-of-the-earth/ Re:Thinking Games http://www.furtherfield.org/researchpublicatios/artists-rethinking-games/artists-rethinking-games-wwwfurtherfieldorg Artists Re:Thinking Games | Editors Catlow, Garrett, Morgana | only a few left http://t.co/SmCu4kxu ]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:50:56 -0700 http://www.furtherfield.org/researchpublicatios/artists-rethinking-games/artists-rethinking-games-wwwfurtherfieldorg Wittgenstein Revisited http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/12784687250

Wittgenstein Revisited

]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:07:38 -0700 http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/12784687250 Jacques Ranciere: What Medium Can Mean http://parrhesiajournal.org/parrhesia11/parrhesia11_ranciere.pdf I will present some remarks here on the use of the notion of medium in art theory and the light cast on this notion by the case of photography. The notion of medium is in fact much more complex than it appears at first. Theorizations of medium as the crucial element of artistic modernity bring two apparently opposite senses of the word into play. First, we understand the word ‘medium’ as ‘that which holds between’: between an idea and its realization, between a thing and its reproduction. The medium thus appears as an intermediary, as the means to an end or the agent of an… ]]> Sat, 12 Mar 2011 02:55:38 -0700 http://parrhesiajournal.org/parrhesia11/parrhesia11_ranciere.pdf Prop Theory in a Nutshell http://onlyagame.typepad.com/only_a_game/2011/03/prop-theory-in-a-nutshell.html Any time we interact with a representative art work – be it a painting, a sculpture, a song, a novel, a comic, a play, a film, or a game – it involves the exercise of our imagination, and as such we can see this deployment of our imagination as a game (in the manner of a child’s game of make-believe). Looking at a painting, we imagine we are perceiving what is depicted; listening to a song we imagine the story or sentiments mentioned in the lyrics and invoked by the music; reading a novel or comic or watching a film… ]]> Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:31:38 -0700 http://onlyagame.typepad.com/only_a_game/2011/03/prop-theory-in-a-nutshell.html To crush a Morlock’s skull http://machinemachine.net/text/ideas/to-crush-a-morlock%E2%80%99s-skull

Although the Time Traveller is an inquisitive type his journey through the ancient museum offers him little insight. The relics are from his future: the arché has all but snapped off from archeology. As he leaves the museum the Time Traveller ponders how best to crush a Morlock’s skull.

The Neanderthal is the most futuristic thing I can think of. Riddled with mythic charm, and soon to have its genes… ]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:42:00 -0700 http://machinemachine.net/text/ideas/to-crush-a-morlock%E2%80%99s-skull Manipulating Reality - How Images Redefine the World http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2010/01/-tatjana-hallbaum-in-between.php Manipulating Reality presents a selection of 23 artistic approaches that work through photography and video to develop possible models of reality. Its aim is not to understand whether photographs can convey reality but how this can occur. The works exhibited represent different artistic strategies addressing the construction, reflection or distortion of reality in images. In addition to investigating the value of documentary photography today, many of the artists presented reflect in part the conditions of the tool of photography and adopt known artistic techniques such as collage, presentation in model form, abstraction and the assemblage of different elements. ]]> Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:00:00 -0700 http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2010/01/-tatjana-hallbaum-in-between.php