Przeświecenie – o wizjach elektralnych i dalej (pilot)
Transparency – on Electral Visions and Beyond (Pilot)

Author(s): Janusz Bohdziewicz
Subject(s): Media studies, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: digital media; electral visions
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this essay is to provoke a change in the way of thinking about the visual in the electracy (post-orality and post-literacy) era. The article draws inspiration from visual studies and media theory (Flusser, Hansen, Kluszczyński, Michera, Ulmer) and philosophy (Agamben, Nancy, Taylor, Saarinen). The author places considerations on contemporary visuality in the context of the earlier and dominant models of thinking which treat the images as views and representations (idols) or as symbols and signs (icons, spectacles). These models are not suitable for describing and analysing of visions circulating through the digital media. The article contains a brief and metaphorical list of novelties characteristic of the electral visions – these are portions of programmed energy, which are rather touchable than visual, more emotive than significant, virtual than representational. In conclusion, the author proposes a conceptual framework that may be useful in understanding the electral visions: ancient Greek notions of “kharis” and “daidalon” (as Michera wrote about them), speculation (as understood by Agamben and Flusser) and adoration (concept by Nancy).

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