Régis Debray: Les trois áges
du regard (VIE ET MORT DE L'IMAGE 1992, ss 226-227), English translation
Heikki Salo 1997 |
IMAGERY
HAS AS ITS... |
IN LOGOSPHERE
(after script)
AGE OF IDOLATRY |
IN GRAPHOSPHERE
(after print)
AGE OF ART |
IN VIDEOSPHERE
(after visualisation)
AGE OF VISUAL |
|
PRINCIPAL EFFECT
(RELATION TO THE EXISTING) |
PRESENCE
(transcendental)
Image is a seer. |
REPRESENTATION
(illusory)
Image is seen. |
SIMULATION
(numerical)
Image is a vision. |
MODE OF EXISTENCE |
LIVING
Image is a being. |
PHYSICAL
Image is a thing. |
VIRTUAL
Image is a perception. |
POINT OF REFERENCE
(SOURCE OF AUTHORITY) |
THE SUPERNATURAL
(God) |
THE REAL
(Nature) |
PERFORMANCE
(Machine) |
SOURCE OF LIGHT |
SPIRITUAL
(from within) |
SOLAR
(from without) |
ELECTRIC
(from within) |
GOAL AND EXPECTATION |
PROTECTION
(and salutation)
Image captures |
DELIGHT
(and enchantment)
Image captivates |
INFORMATION
(and play)
Image is captured |
HISTORICAL CONTEXT |
From MAGICAL
to RELIGIOUS
(cyclic time) |
From RELIGIOUS
to HISTORICAL
(linear time) |
From
HISTORICAL
to TECHNICAL
(punctual time) |
CODE OF ETHICS |
EXTERNAL
(teologico-political rule) |
INTERNAL
(autonomous administration) |
AMBIENT
(techno-economic guidance) |
IDEAL AND NORM
FOR PRODUCTION |
I CELEBRATE a force
According to script (canon) |
I CREATE a work
According to Antiquity (model) |
I PRODUCE
an occasion
After my own liking (mode) |
TEMPORAL HORIZON
(AND PHYSICAL MEDIUM) |
ETERNITY
(repetition)
hard (stone and wood) |
IMMORTALITY
(tradition)
soft (canvas) |
ACTUALITY
(innovation)
immaterial (screen) |
ATTRIBUTIVE FORCE |
COLLECTIVE =
ANONYMITY
(from sorcerer to an artisan) |
PERSONAL = SIGNATURE
(from artist to genius) |
SPECTACULAR = STAMP,
LOGO, SEAL
(from entrepreneur to enterprise) |
PRODUCERS ORGANISED TO |
CLERGY -> GUILD |
ACADEMIA -> SCHOOL |
NETWORK ->
PROFESSION |
OBJECT OF WORSHIP |
SAINT
(you have my protection) |
BEAUTY
(I please you) |
NOVELTY
(Gotcha!) |
BODY OF GOVERNMENT |
1) PRIEST = EMPEROR
2) THE ECCLESIASTIC = Monasteries and Cathedrals
3) THE NOBLE = Palace |
1) MONARCHY = ACADEMIA
1500-1750
2) BOURGEOISIE = SALON + CRITICS + GALLERY -> 1968 |
MEDIA/MUSEUM/MARKET
(plastic arts, design)
PUBLICITY (audiovisual) |
CONTINENT OF ORIGIN
and CAPITAL CITY |
ASIA - BYZANTIUM
(between Antiquity and Christianity) |
EUROPE - FLORENCE
(between Christianity and the Modern) |
AMERICA-NEW YORK
(between the modern and postmodern) |
MODE OF ACCUMULATION |
PUBLIC
treasure |
PRIVATE
collection |
PRIVATE/PUBLIC
Reproduction |
AURA |
CHARISMA
(anima) |
PATHETIC
(animus) |
PLAYFULNESS
(animaatio) |
PATHOLOGICAL TENDENCY |
PARANOIA |
OBSESSION |
SCHIZOFRENIA |
AIM OF ATTENTION |
THROUGH the IMAGE
To the underlying |
to EXTEND the IMAGE
Within context |
IMAGE ALONE
Visual effect |
MUTUAL RELATIONS |
INTOLERANCE
(religious) |
RIVALRY
(personal) |
COMPETITION
(economic) |