ABSTRACT
The contemporary remote is a watershed defined by juxtapositions and collisions between unimaginably slow things that have been happening and present over geological timescales, and relatively rapid, technologically enabled events. The contemporary remote is informed by a technological projection of the future, big data analysis interpreted by media pundits and experts conjuring spectres of the near future. A primary aspect of the contemporary remote is the ability to discern the invisible by means of technological augmentation to the human senses, and questions the assertion that 'human knowing' is set within the brainpan. In contrast to the conventional idea of a detached geographical and psychological remoteness, the contemporary remote creates the appearance of access to places and things through which to engage the imagination.
