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In contrast with media constructed as vast, ontologically homogeneous, non-localized systems, formats show material networks of interoperability and exclusions, inscribed in local specificities, and involving precise conditions for the circulation of images and sounds. Formats, institutionalized as...

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Other Authors: Patrick Pringle, Thomas (Editor), Koch, Gertrud (Editor), Stiegler, Bernard (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: meson press 2019
Series:In Search of Media
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Summary:In contrast with media constructed as vast, ontologically homogeneous, non-localized systems, formats show material networks of interoperability and exclusions, inscribed in local specificities, and involving precise conditions for the circulation of images and sounds. Formats, institutionalized as standards, frame the "technical networks" defined by Gilbert Simondon, that unfold technical objects into economically and politically structured webs that cover the world. Media are always formatted and, as such, do not flow: they are displaced.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (104 p.)
ISBN:1488
Access:Open Access