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In Defence of the Poor Image

Summary/Abstract: When we demand HD quality projection on a cinematic screen, with perfect image and sound, we succumb to a certain, by no means indifferent and obvious ideological vision of the image. Hito Steyerl proved that by focusing on quality and fetishising quality capitalism has led to the exclusion of a considerable part of image creativity that no longer matches the present-day economic structure of full-screen cinemas, DVD HD, etc. The author drew attention to the fact that low quality digital images - transmitted by net users – offer a chance for an independent renascence of the auteur cinema, the cinematic essay, etc. If we abandon our attachment to quality, we shall restore into circulation – thanks to enthusiasts who today possess suitable measures for illegally copying the classics of the film avangadre – a considerable part of the independent progressive and valuable image-printed oeuvre, which does not fit today’s capitalist vision of the circulation of images. The author thus protests against the fetishisation of the power of images and urges to turn towards poor images.

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