ABSTRACT
… visuality itself has become such a totally open and yet totally mediated field of negotiations. Precisely because anything can instantly be transformed into an electronic virtuality and because so many of our experiences now come to us first in the form of technologically mediated images, the status of the visual as such is likely to become increasingly problematic — polysemic, unpredictable, yet unavoidable…. How to deal with the seemingly obvious or literal appeal of the visual while being mindful of the complexity of engaging with vision?
