Der Status von Bildern
1st Edition
Will be published approx. in April 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-3-95905-598-7 (ISBN)
Description
Der Status von Bildern liegt nie von vornherein fest, noch bleibt er im Lauf der Zeit unverändert. Sogar ein und dieselbe Abbildung kann verschiedene Dinge tun, verschiedene Rollen spielen, verschiedene Räume besetzen, verschiedene Bedeutungen tragen, in verschiedenen Sprachen sprechen. Immer steht schon ein weiteres Bild, ein weiterer Status bereit. Aus der Beweglichkeit und Bezüglichkeit von Bildern ergibt sich, dass ihr Status grundsätzlich infrage steht. Diese instabile Kraft erweist sich als besonders brisant, wenn sie auf das Thema der Gerechtigkeit trifft: Krieg, Konflikt und Revolution, Protest. Rasha Salti und Thomas Keenan greifen auf ihre eigenen Archive und Praktiken zurück, um sich einen Weg durch eine ganze Status-Galerie zu bahnen: Bilder als Erinnerung, Erscheinung, Inkarnation, Operation, Enthüllung, Köder, Repräsentation, Projektion, Erfassung bis hin zur epistemischen Ressource.
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The status of an image is never given in advance, nor does it remain fixed over time. Even the same image can do different things, play different roles, occupy different spaces, carry different meanings, speak in different voices. There is always another image, another status, lying in wait. This mobility and relationality of images means that their status is always in question. This unstable force of the image is particularly charged when the context is that of justice-war, conflict and revolution, protest. In this conversation, Rasha Salti and Thomas Keenan draw on their own archives and practices to make their way through a veritable gallery of statuses, from images as memory, appearance, incarnation, operation, exposure, lure, representation, projection, and capture to epistemic resource.
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The status of an image is never given in advance, nor does it remain fixed over time. Even the same image can do different things, play different roles, occupy different spaces, carry different meanings, speak in different voices. There is always another image, another status, lying in wait. This mobility and relationality of images means that their status is always in question. This unstable force of the image is particularly charged when the context is that of justice-war, conflict and revolution, protest. In this conversation, Rasha Salti and Thomas Keenan draw on their own archives and practices to make their way through a veritable gallery of statuses, from images as memory, appearance, incarnation, operation, exposure, lure, representation, projection, and capture to epistemic resource.