• Part of
    Ubiquity Network logo

    Read Chapter
  • No readable formats available

    • Visual Noise in the New Photography

    Carolyn L. Kane

    Chapter from the book: Kane, C. 2019. High-Tech Trash: Glitch, Noise, and Aesthetic Failure.

     Return to Book
     Download
    Buy Paperback

    Chapter 4 analyzes the photographic glitches leveraged in the work of German artist Thomas Ruff. Ruff’s Internet appropriations offer a rich point for discussing digital signal processing and the deliberate introduction of noise into otherwise clear channels of communication.

    Disciplines:

    Communication Communication 

    Keywords:

    visual noise New Photography art photography Dusseldorf School digital aesthetics glitch digital media aesthetics failure Thomas Ruff (1958–)  Dusseldorf School  aesthetics  art photography  digital media  failure  glitch  New Photography  visual noise  digital aesthetics 

    Chapter Metrics:

    How to cite this chapter
    Kane, C. 2019. Visual Noise in the New Photography. In: Kane, C, High-Tech Trash. California: University of California Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.83.e
    License

    This chapter distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution + Noncommercial + NoDerivatives 4.0 license. Copyright is retained by the author(s)

    Peer Review Information

    This book has been peer reviewed. See our Peer Review Policies for more information.

    Additional Information

    Published on Dec. 17, 2019

    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.83.e