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Capitolo | Poor Power Images in the Work of Hito Steyerl

Poor Power Images in the Work of Hito Steyerl

Abstract

In 2009 German video artist, documentary filmmaker and essayist Hito Steyerl releases her essay In Defense of the Poor Image. Her definition of the ‘poor’ image as “a copy in motion” can be transferred to contemporary mostly digital images in general. But with the new image technologies the artist diagnoses a replacement of poor images by power images, in the multiple meanings of the word ‘power’. In contrast to the proclaimed shift from poor images to power images the author rather speaks about poor power images. Instead of a replacement of poor images by power images one can observe poor images unfolding their powers while power images show various shades of poorness.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 17 Settembre 2023 | Accettato: 30 Ottobre 2023 | Pubblicato 22 Dicembre 2023 | Lingua: en

Keywords Poor power ImagesNew media installation artNew Media Installation ArtPost-representationPost-RepresentationImage theoryPoor power imagesMaterialism


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