Mediatic Handology. Shaping Images, Interacting, Magicking: VOL. XX, no. 35, FALL 2020

Digital culture is a culture of the fingers, with hands being essential operators of visibility, depicting imaginary worlds, revealing the intimacy of the human being, giving shape to the spectators gaze, and anchoring vision through data visualization processes. Hands are the corporeal grounds of the cinematic medium and the indelible crystallization of the human in technique.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 172 pages
Publication date: 01 September 2022
Publisher: Mimesis International

Digital culture, derived from the Latin word "digitus," signifies a culture that revolves around the use of fingers. While our modern world continues to be shaped by a dominant visual paradigm, our media practices have shifted towards a predominantly bodily approach. The role of hands has become increasingly significant, and gestures have emerged as powerful tools for thinking and conceptualization. This topic presents a wealth of case studies in film and visual culture, spanning from classic to experimental cinema, science visualization to esoteric culture. In every domain, filmed hands become extraordinary operators of visibility. They depict imaginary worlds that do not rely on eye perception, reveal the intimate nature of human beings, shape the spectators' gaze, and, in a more concrete sense, give shape to the image itself through gestures of care and restoration of the filmstrip. Hands also serve as a captivating motif, representing the physical foundations of the cinematic medium and the indelible crystallization of human technique.

Dimension: 240 x 170 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9788869773709