Auge / Maschine II

Auge / Maschine II

Production country: 
de
Year: 
2002
Duration: 
15'
Edition: 
2004
Format: 
installation

The utopia of technology getting more and more perfect implies the blurring of boundaries between human and machinic functions. In Eye/Machine II Farocki has brought together visual material from both military and civilian sectors, showing machines operating intelligently, and what it is they see when working on the basis of image processing programs." (Antje Ehmann) The film centers on the images of the Gulf War which caused worldwide sensation in 1991. In the shots taken from projectiles homing in on their targets, bomb and reporter were identical. It was impossible to distinguish between the photographed and the (computer) simulated images. - The loss of the "genuine picture" means the eye no longer has a role as historical witness." (Harun Farocki). For Eye/Machine II, Harun Farocki has been awarded the Media Art Award 2003 of ZKM Karlsruhe and S WR broadcasting,

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