Invisibility, Superficiality and Plasticity: Three Hypotheses on Smart Cameras

Authors

  • Icaro Ferraz Vidal Junior Università degli Studi di Bergamo Université de Perpignan Via Domitia

Keywords:

smart cameras, digital technologies, plasticity.

Abstract

This paper proposes three hypotheses concerning the smart cameras: 1) there is a tendency of the algorithmically inscribed diagrams on the surface of the image in order to make themselves invisible; 2) the emphasis on superficiality of conducts is linked to the replacement of the privileged locus of subjectivity towards the surface of the bodies in the second half of the twentieth century and to a contemporary emphasis on action; 3) the predictive and anticipatory nature of intelligent devices of visibility is an important indicator of a contemporary crisis here formulated as a crisis of plasticity and habit.

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Author Biography

Icaro Ferraz Vidal Junior, Università degli Studi di Bergamo Université de Perpignan Via Domitia

Graduado em Estudos de Mídia pela Universidade Federal Fluminense, mestre em Comunicação e Cultura pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro e em Crossways in European Humanities pelas Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela e University of Sheffield. Atualmente é doutorando no Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate: Cultural Studies in Literary Interzones nas Università degli Studi di Bergamo e Université de Perpignan Via Domitia.


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Published

2015-10-13

Issue

No. 31 (2016)

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Artigos | Articles

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