Visual Contagions through the Lens of New Media. Symposium of the Visual Contagions project, Chair for Digital Humanities. September 13-15 2021, University of Geneva, Switzerland
What is the form assumed by the circulation of images, and the diffusion of some more than other, in digital and visual culture? Video games, Internet culture or digital art among other, are all a testament to a high-speed circulation of images on a global scale. The forms this circulation can assume, such as intermediality hybridation or remixability, become part of a “globalization through images” – a topic understudied as of yet. The phenomena of visual contagions from a medium to another and from a field to another, are also prime examples of how new media infect contemporary culture. From 1 September, videos of all contributions will be available online. They will be discussed in a videoconference on 13, 14, and 15 September 2021, with free access for all. For more information and registration https://www.unige.ch/visualcontagions/events/newmedia