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Medium, Format, Configuration: The Displacements of Film
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Abstract In contrast with media constructed as vast, ontologically homogeneous, non-localized systems, formats show material networks of interoperability and exclusions, inscribed in local specificities, and involving precise conditions for the circulation of images and sounds. Formats, institutionalized as ... view more
In contrast with media constructed as vast, ontologically homogeneous, non-localized systems, formats show material networks of interoperability and exclusions, inscribed in local specificities, and involving precise conditions for the circulation of images and sounds. Formats, institutionalized as standards, frame the "technical networks" defined by Gilbert Simondon, that unfold technical objects into economically and politically structured webs that cover the world. Media are always formatted and, as such, do not flow: they are displaced.... view less
Classification
Other Media
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Publisher
meson press
City
Lüneburg
Page/Pages
54 p.
Series
Configurations of Film Series
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14619/0047
ISBN
978-3-95796-004-7
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed