Image Construction

Sarah Sentilles in Draw Your Weapons questions "Now that images can be used to kill, what does that mean for image makers?" As I think through the impications of this on drone warfare which is what Sentilles was specifically referencing I can't help, but think about how we now manipulate the images themselves, not only their interpretative context. Just this week an elected official shared images of a former elected official and his wife that depicted them as animals, debasingly racist. The images were removed from the social media platform. I then saw editorial images presented of this couple. They filled me with hope. And yet, it was the manipulation of their image without express, direct consent. How does the contemporary viewer reckon with the harmful nuance of each. The court of public opinion judges one more harshly and prasies the other; should both be judged? Especially when given the environmental impact and neural degradation of machine produced images?

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CAUTION: These videos use strobe lighting and intense flashing effects, which may trigger seizures in individuals with photosensitive epilepsy or cause dizziness/disorientation.

Two Edits, two different experinces, not because the image changes, but because it's context does. These videos are details shots of a Razzle Dazzle painting. Razzle Dazzle refers to the camoflague technique used to confuse others about the direction your ship specfically is heading and at what speed (another thing that Sentilles references in Draw Your Weapons).