Viewing Copies: On the Mobility of Moving Images

"Following this twisting plane around a corner, Sven Lütticken discovers certain crevasses and eddies in the exceptional ethical space opened up by the unofficial circulation of viewing-copy DVDs of artworks. If an alternative art-world economy based on availability rather than scarcity could be inferred from the format and circulatory patterns of these bootlegged editions, then surely it would be one poised to engage a 'complex, aggregate temporal economy' that has more to do with the act of viewing than with display." (Source: e-flux journal issue #8 announcement)

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