state_affairs
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Next revision | Previous revision | ||
state_affairs [2020/11/07 21:13] – created daria | state_affairs [2021/11/05 17:47] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
====== State of Affairs ====== | ====== State of Affairs ====== | ||
- | Vilém Flusser’s use of the word Sachverhalt, | + | Vilém Flusser’s use of the word Sachverhalt, |
- | The glossary in Flusser’s book on photography is more precise, defining Sachverhalt (translated there as “situation”) as “a configuration where it is the relation between the elements, and not the elements themselves, which has meaning” (Towards a Philosophy of Photography, | + | The glossary in Flusser’s book on photography is more precise, defining Sachverhalt (translated there as “situation”) as “a configuration where it is the relation between the elements, and not the elements themselves, which has meaning” (Towards a Philosophy of Photography, |
Flusser calls “[s]ymbols that are linked to content [...] codes” (Into the Universe of Technical Images, p. 12). The term calls attention to a media specificity that applies equally to traditional and technical images, and that partly negates the difference between their respective ways of imagining: imagination (Imagination) and new imagination (Einbildungskraft). Images are not windows; they are “surfaces that translate everything into states of things” (Towards a Philosophy of Photography, | Flusser calls “[s]ymbols that are linked to content [...] codes” (Into the Universe of Technical Images, p. 12). The term calls attention to a media specificity that applies equally to traditional and technical images, and that partly negates the difference between their respective ways of imagining: imagination (Imagination) and new imagination (Einbildungskraft). Images are not windows; they are “surfaces that translate everything into states of things” (Towards a Philosophy of Photography, | ||
+ | |||
+ | //Original article by Ulrich Richtmeyer// |
state_affairs.1604779989.txt.gz · Last modified: 2021/11/05 17:46 (external edit)