Thinking Like a Carpet: Embodied Perception and Individuation in Algorithmic Media

• Authors: Laura U. Marks
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Keynote talk given at the “Cinema of Sensations” International Conference organized by the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, between the 25th and 27th of May, 2012. (The photos of Laura Marks illustrating the article were taken by Dorel Găină, and are reproduced here with the permission of the artist.)

Keywords

EN

embodied perception; algorithimic media; Deleuze; carpet as machinic phylum

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Film and Media Studies
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 7-20

Dates

published

2013-11-01

online

2014-05-30

Contributors

author

Laura U. Marks

• Simon Fraser University, Vancouver

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/ausfm-2014-0011