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The Box of Digital Images: The World as Computer Theater

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Klaus Bartels

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In 1934 the Belgian artist René Magritte painted a room with a view. On an easel in front of the window stands a painting depicting the very piece of landscape blocked from sight. Magritte named his painting La Condition Humaine (“The Human Condition”), which is quite apt, for the life of everyone is determined by windows, doors, mirrors and many other frames. Indeed, to avert anxiety, one actually cultivates social behavior born of the fear of being “outside the frame.” Because of this apprehension, we organize all reality into a series of preestablished frames.

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Research Article
Information
Diogenes , Volume 41 , Issue 163 , September 1993 , pp. 45 - 70
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Copyright © 1993 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie / International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)

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