Tag Archives: Etienne-Jules Marey

The Spectacle of The Body in The Age of Mechanical Reproduction

The enlargement of a snapshot does not simply render more precise what in any case was visible, though unclear: it reveals entirely new structural formations of the subject. So, too, slow motion not only presents familiar qualities of movement but … Continue reading

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The Shortcomings of Science – Knowledge Only Occurs within An Ideological Apparatus

Etienne-Jules Marey‘s Gun Camera Walter Benjamin identifies, in his work on mechanical reproduction, the intimate connection between the film industry and the war industry. The technical conditions for the production of one are virtually identical with those for the production … Continue reading

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Multimedia Art as (Potentially) Revolutionary Chance Encounter

“As beautiful as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table.” ― Comte de Lautréamont Blast No. 1: ‘Review of the Great English Vortex’ (cover of the Vorticist journal) Wyndham Lewis, ed. June 20, … Continue reading

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