Deep Surfaces. A Paleontology of the Screen
Abstract
Can we resist to the lure of the archaic? Should we resist? Can we really speak of “paleolithic visual cultures”, and therefore of paleolithic screens, displays and so on? My point is that we need a paleontology of the screen. Because we know, it could shed some light to our notions of assemblage, apparatus, dispositif, but – more important – it can help us to sketch the «cognitive map» of Homo sapiens’ screenology, which is a part of our reflection on the extended mind (no doubt, in fact, that the screen is – among other things – a prosthesis of our mind).
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Dir. Werner Herzog, Canada – USA – France – Germany – UK, 2010.
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