The Medialisation of Sight

1. Dr. Benjamin Jörissen http://joerissen.name benjamin@joerissen.nameThe Medialisation of Sight International Conference „Exploring the Senses – Emotions, Performativity, and Ritual“ Freie Universität Berlin, 9.12.2011 http://www.senses-ritual.uni-hd.de

2. „Medialisation“

3. „Medialisation“Externalisation of sight (technological eye)

7. „Medialisation“Externalisation of sight (technological eye) Prosthetic extension (eye-camera)

8. Andreas Feininger, „The Photojournalist“, 1951Externalisation of sight (technological eye) Prosthetic extension (eye-camera)

9. Andreas Feininger, „The Photojournalist“, 1951Externalisation of sight (technological eye) Prosthetic extension (eye-camera)

10. „Medialisation“Externalisation of sight (technological eye) Prosthetic extension (eye-camera) First- vs. second-order-mediality of sight

11. „Medialisation“Externalisation of sight (technological eye) Prosthetic extension (eye-camera) First- vs. second-order-mediality of sight

12. structural aspects of „sight“

13. structural properties of sightdistance, intermediation

14. structural properties of sight distance, intermediationbasic „inside/outside“–scheme of visual experience

17. structural properties of sight distance, intermediationbasic „inside/outside“–scheme of visual experience optics, optical ﬂaws

18. structural properties of sight distance, intermediationbasic „inside/outside“–scheme of visual experience optics, optical ﬂaws spatial structure

19. structural properties of sight seeing, looking, gazing distance, intermediationbasic „inside/outside“–scheme of visual experience optics, optical ﬂaws spatial structure

20. structural properties of sight seeing, looking, gazing eye-hand-coordination distance, intermediationbasic „inside/outside“–scheme of visual experience optics, optical ﬂaws spatial structure

21. structural properties of sight seeing, looking, gazing eye-hand-coordination distance, intermediationbasic „inside/outside“–scheme of visual experience optics, optical ﬂaws spatial structure construction by means of memory + recognition

22. structural properties of sight seeing, looking, gazing eye-hand-coordination temporal structure distance, intermediationbasic „inside/outside“–scheme of visual experience optics, optical ﬂaws spatial structure construction by means of memory + recognition

23. structural properties of sight seeing, looking, gazing eye-hand-coordination using gazes als gestures temporal structure distance, intermediationbasic „inside/outside“–scheme of visual experience optics, optical ﬂaws spatial structure construction by means of memory + recognition

24. structural properties of sight seeing, looking, gazing eye-hand-coordination using gazes als gestures temporal structure distance, intermediationbasic „inside/outside“–scheme of visual experience seeing my gaze being seen optics, optical ﬂaws spatial structure construction by means of memory + recognition

25. structural properties of sight seeing, looking, gazing eye-hand-coordination using gazes als gestures temporal structure distance, intermediationbasic „inside/outside“–scheme of visual experience seeing my gaze being seen optics, optical ﬂaws seeing seeing/ spatial structure seeing being seen construction by means of memory + recognition

26. structural properties of sight experience distance, intermediationbasic „inside/outside“–scheme of visual experience seeing my gaze being seen optics, optical ﬂaws seeing seeing/ spatial structure seeing being seen construction by means of memory + recognition

27. structural properties of sightseeing, looking, gazingeye-hand-coordination using gazes als gestures temporal structure action

28. structural properties of sight seeing, looking, gazing eye-hand-coordination temporal structure somatic distance, intermediationbasic „inside/outside“–scheme self of visual experience optics, optical ﬂaws spatial structure construction by means of memory + recognition

29. structural properties of sight using gazes als gesturesworld seeing my gaze being seen seeing seeing/ seeing being seen

30. structural properties of sight seeing, looking, gazing eye-hand-coordination using gazes als gestures temporal structure distance, intermediationbasic „inside/outside“–scheme of visual experience seeing my gaze being seen optics, optical ﬂaws seeing seeing/ spatial structure seeing being seen construction by means of memory + recognition

31. double chiasma seeing, looking, gazing action eye-hand-coordination using gazes als gestures temporal structure somatic self world distance, intermediationbasic „inside/outside“–scheme of visual experience experience seeing my gaze being seen optics, optical ﬂaws seeing seeing/ spatial structure seeing being seen construction by means of memory + recognition

32. mediality of sight seeing, looking, gazing action eye-hand-coordination using gazes als gestures temporal structure somatic self world distance, intermediationbasic „inside/outside“–scheme of visual experience experience seeing my gaze being seen optics, optical ﬂaws seeing seeing/ spatial structure seeing being seen construction by means of memory + recognition

33. mediality of sight self world seeing as gaze as action action gesture seeing as experience ofexperience experience being seen

34. mediality of sight self world seeing as gaze as action action gesture seeing as experience ofexperience experience being seen

35. mediality and medialisation

36. mediality of sight seeing as gaze as action gesture seeing as experience ofexperience being seen

37. cultural order(s) of sight mediality of sight seeing as gaze as action gesture seeing as experience ofexperience being seen

38. cultural order(s) of sight medialisation of sight? mediality of sight seeing as gaze as action gesture seeing as experience ofexperience being seen

39. „mediatisierte“ Sichtbarkeit, Anordnung, Form Sinn, Aufzeichnung „Mediatisierung“ (Ereignis) Medium { Medialität (struktural) Materialität (amedial)

40. „mediatisierte“ visibility, order, Form meaning Medium The dispositiv of mediality following Mersch 2002, S. 56 ff.

41. „mediatisierte“ visibility, order, Form meaning Medium { Mediality (structural) Materiality (non-medial) The dispositiv of mediality following Mersch 2002, S. 56 ff.

42. „mediated“ visibility, order, form meaning „Mediatisation“ (emergent event) Medium { Mediality (structural) Materiality (non-medial) The dispositiv of mediality following Mersch 2002, S. 56 ff.

43. actionaisthesis, perception

44. action aisthesis, perceptioninterpretation ➔ reconceptualisation ➔ coding

45. „medialisation of sight“ modes and examples

46. Disciplination of sight in Counterstrike-gaming

47. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bt_imFIYQU

48. Self-exposure as a medialised care of the self

49. Quelle: mtv.comhttp://www.mtv.com/shows/i_want_a_famous_face-2/series.jhtml

50. Quelle: mtv.com

51. Quelle: mtv.com

52. Quelle: mtv.com

53. Quelle: mtv.com

54. Quelle: mtv.com

55. Quelle: mtv.com

56. Quelle: mtv.com

57. Quelle: mtv.com

58. Jennette Kate Winslet http://www.mtv.com/onair/i_want_a_famous_face/meet_the_patients/

59. The governementalisation of sight in online-networking-platforms

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62. practices of self-governance within visual ,economies of recognition‘: The individual as its own „creative industry“? ? ? ??

63. Free-ﬂowing viral subversions of visual hegemoniality in photoshop memes

64. „County mayor Li Ningyi and vice-mayor Tang Xiaobing areinspecting the newly constructed country road at Lihong Town.“ Source: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ﬂoating-chinese-government-ofﬁcials

65. Source: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ﬂoating-chinese-government-ofﬁcials

71. John Pike, the „pepper spraying cop“Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/nov/23/pepper-spraying-cop-photoshop-justice

72. http://peppersprayingcop.tumblr.com/

78. 1) Virally gaining public attention ➔ immediate loss of control 2) Creating visual difference (remix)3) Decontextualisation of the image from its former context: a process of political (re-) approproation of the public view

79. Dr. Benjamin Jörissen http://joerissen.name benjamin@joerissen.name Thank you! Slides available at:www.joerissen.name