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ENACT NOW

ENACT_NOW. Techno-Aesthetics, Counter-Archives and Imagined Narratives of War

The approach of poor images as disruptive presences in the actual context designed by computerization and artificial intelligentsia, comes forward via different types of screens as cameras, becoming more and more ubiquitous. The net-working of images, geotagging and databases, push the status of images for a constant transmutation. Machine-vision and automation join AI and the super-digital to construct a media front that can showcase a parallel reality of conflict. Our perspective will explore the relation between individuals, computers and contemporary warfare. This research project aims to critically examine the intricate interplay between the web, war, surveillance, media and technology. In an era where the digital realm serves as both a battleground and a playground, understanding the dynamics in motion is crucial. We seek to unravel the multifaceted relationships and implications of the web in the context of mediatized warfare, surveillance practices, media theory, and the ever-changing landscapes of creative practices. We also aim to investigate the multifaceted intersection of an “aesthetics of conflict”, where archival footage and the media play a pivotal role in shaping conflict narratives. Through artistic and concept-based research and fiction, we undertake visual and sonic investigations surrounding the mediatization of conflict, with a particular focus on found footage, archival material, digital waste, big data, etc., in order to create, disseminate and speculate on how images and aesthetics shape media ecologies and contribute to the discourse on conflict, present and future.

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