For an Ecology of Images

For an Ecology of ImagesA new, ecological approach to images by a renowned philosopher When Susan Sontag first proposed the idea of an ecology of images, she meant it as an exhortation to be vigilant against the vast surplus of pictures threatening our ability to truly see. Today, beyond the deep anxieties over a diminishing attention economy, concern focuses on the environmental cost of storing and circulating the digital images that confront us with unprecedented speed.

The book includes a specially crafted “manual for the ironsmith” booklet and compiles a series of object renderings that embody his spontaneous reflections on design

a selection of unseen photos from the set and from a tiny piece of film (excavated from the archives of the Harun Farocki Institut) documenting a performative trailer held on an improvised stage by Farocki and actor Ronny Tanner during the Berlin Film Festival in 1982

She and her neighbor Liu Yi-Ting bond over their love of learning and books

A Bullet for Buñuel has taken many forms—a video work

From the supportive yet strict—and at times exploitative—hijra communities to non-profit spaces rife with other forms of discrimination

there have been in recent times a new addition in the form of flex banners

The book is Salih’s visual process of learning more about his parents and himself and serves as a method of healing from a personal trauma

imbricating the developments of money and writing — from Mesopotamian clay tablets to distributed ledgers

‘We Are All

A brilliantly original exploration of the interface between feminism

How can we activate radical visions and imaginations of alternative

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