Proxistant Vision - Motion, Navigation, Scale

How the surge in aerial technologies, such as drones and satellites, influences visual culture beyond the screen.


The smooth flight from aerial overview to intimate close-up in Martin Scorsese’s< Hugo< (2011) exemplifies the concept of proxistant vision: a combination of proximity and distance, close-up and overview, detail, and the big picture in a unified visual form. In
Pointing to the surge in aerial imaging and remote sensing technologies such as drones and satellites, the book moves beyond the screen to include the kinetic architecture of rides and urban observation wheels. The key objective of this study is threefold: to trace the genealogy and understand the technical operation of proxistance as it traveled from periphery to center in the twenty-first century; to explore its alternative potentialities in contemporary art practices; and finally, to reflect critically on the worldviews underpinning different modalities of proxistance in times of environmental crisis. The authors show how the powerful effect of combining proximity and distance, which was already in place with the earliest cartographic inscriptions, has taken precedence on and beyond our screens today.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dragan Miletic, Synne Tollerud Bull, Synne Tollerud Bull
• Editore: The MIT Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 17.06.2025
• EAN: 9780262552189
• ISBN: 978-0-262-55218-9
• Pagine: 346
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 22 mm
• Serie: Leonardo
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte; The arts: general issues, ART / Criticism & Theory, ART / Digital, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Electronic, holographic & video art, Digital, video and new media arts, The arts: general topics