tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345621281568717231.post7338629651113604037..comments2024-03-20T16:26:27.465-07:00Comments on sean cubitt's blog: Against BlindnessSean Cubitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11762116527377238907noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345621281568717231.post-82239419833975548872008-06-05T16:41:00.000-07:002008-06-05T16:41:00.000-07:00Is vision handed or is it that unusual thing, hard...Is vision handed or is it that unusual thing, hardware which remembers what it has processed? There is, too, a distinction to be made between lossy codecs and absence: the unclear image is on the one hand as if viewed through cataracts, on the other a mutation that might yet provoke some unforeseen artefact. This also points towards the work-around, as in <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGaqLT-gO4" REL="nofollow">Muto</A> by BLU where the constraints of YouTube codecs become tools for a new vision.Sean Cubitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11762116527377238907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345621281568717231.post-53469183210564451032008-05-30T13:42:00.000-07:002008-05-30T13:42:00.000-07:00Profound.The abundance of technology - and by this...Profound.<BR/><BR/>The abundance of technology - and by this I mean The Digital - that surrounds us gives way to a new sight, one of lossy propriety and faulty compression.<BR/><BR/>The lyricism,<BR/>a critical prose even.<BR/><BR/>Spaces unwound by an interwoven hyperjunk; like gryphons and sphynx further mutilated by a falsely identified mass. Our vision is still handed to us. The absence of our senses is an obligation if we are eventually expected to use them.Nicholas O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18241399849223702073noreply@blogger.com