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'An aphorism, properly stamped and molded, has not been "deciphered" when it has simply been read; rather one has then to begin its interpretation, for which is required an art of interpretation.' -- Nietzsche, 'On the Genealogy of Morals'

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April 29, 2010

In Lost Not Found: The Circulation of Images in Digital Visual Culture, which is part of the Words Without Pictures series, Marisa Olson explores the pro surfer work in relationship to photographic media. She beings with the concept of circulation–the ways in which the images are produced and exchanged, and their currency or value.

The images that get appropriated on these sites are at times “cameraless” (i.e. created by software or other lensless tools that nonetheless aspire to optical perspective, typically follow normative compositional rules, and tend to index realism), while others are created with some other being behind the aperture, only to be found and appropriated by a surfer. In their re-presentation in a different context—arguably a different economy--the images are taken out of circulation, often without attribution or a hint of origin, unless that is part of the story being told by the artist. Two Nasty Nets members even programmed a web-based tool called Pic-See that makes it easier for internet users to plunder images archived in open directories. When the images are reused, they are positioned as quotations yet inscribed with authorial status by the artist who posts them.

These pictures often employ found material—whether it is extant photography or images that were always/ already “fake,” i.e. cameraless digital images created to index reality without ever having an analogous relationship to it. These include video game graphics, low-pixel sprites, bitmap illustrations, and other digital renderings.

| Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at 9:38 PM |