Concatenated Commons and Operational Aesthetics

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Abstract

This article deals with the specific potentials of what I call an operational aesthetics as part and parcel of alternative online video plat- forms. These platforms, I will argue, engage in operative logics of programming and interface design as well as a merger of data and metadata with the aim to resist capitalist modes of value extraction tied to the digital image. I will particularly look at the platforms 0xDB and pad.ma as projects dedicated to collaborative practices of collecting, sharing and remodeling vast databases of moving images in relation to cinema (0xDB) and to activist film making and discourse around digital film archives (pad.ma). Key to both platforms is the operative logic of timelines that allow engagement with the object in an asynchronous, texturally annotated and heavily flow-based appearance.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)182-200
Number of pages19
JournalOn Curating
Issue number54
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2022
Externally publishedYes

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