Fragmentos del mundo: Sobre la imagen audiovisual y las nuevas formas de representación

Abstract

Since their beginnings, current experimental audiovisual practices have been marked by the imminent technological advance and a extremely fast succession of media which has generated a strong impact on the general perception of images. From being imposed to being part of our physical and virtual reality, images in audiovisual art have been accompanied in recent years by a growing importance of the medium, which is beginning to be integrated as part of the message, and also by a progressive interest in the development of the exhibition space, introducing into it concepts related to spatial atmosphere and to sharing experiences within the collective place that art should be. Within these present-day audiovisual practices, which are imbued with an atmospheric sense, there also arises a problem related to all the waste generated by this frenetic technological progress and, with it, a question: what is the place of the old media that have been replaced by faster and more efficient technologies?