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In Defense of the Poor Image
2023
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"The poor image is no longer about the real thing—the originary original. Instead, it is about its own real conditions of existence: about swarm circulation, digital dispersion, fractured and flexible temporalities. It is about defiancé and appropriation just as it is about conformism and exploitation. In short: it is about reality."

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Hito Steyerl
Hito Steyerl
Author · 8 books
Hito Steyerl is a German filmmaker, visual artist, and author in the field of essayist documentary video. Her principal topics of interest are media, technology, and the global circulation of images. Steyerl holds a Ph.D in Philosophy from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. She is currently a professor of New Media Art at the Berlin University of the Arts.
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