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Introduction:RethinkingSerialityandStreaming
inthetwentiethcenturythroughtelevisiontoimposeonthewholeworld
atypeofrelationshipcomparabletohegemonicrelations.Inthiscontext,
itisimpossibletoseparatethefateofudigitalwriting”fromaudigital
image.”Therefore,thisprojectistocreateauco-creativesociety”equipped
withanalyticalthinkingskillsandwhichaimstomovebeyondtheframe-
workofausocietyofdisplayvalue.”Therefore,itisaboutcreatingasitu-
ationthatreproducestheobjectsofasimultaneouscollectivereception,
i.e.,asymbolicenvironmentinthestateofassociation,wheresocializa-
tionisperformedbyassociationandindividuation.Perhaps,onlywiththe
comingofthewebnetwork,particularlyitsauto-production,auto-broad-
castingandbottom-upindexing,thatanewprocesswasreleasedblocking
theufascistsubject”fromtakingtheplaceofuclassconsciousness.”
Wethereforeask,arewepartoftheusocietyofdisplayvalue”orauco-
-creativesociety”?Whatdoesitmeantobepartofsuchasociety?Weask
iftheusocietyofdisplayvalue”isidenticaltowhatwecallaunetworked
society”?Andfinally,weaskwhatistheselfandudigitalidentity”inthe
eraofunetworkedsociety”?If–followingBernardStiegleragain–by
ausocietythatiscross-linked”[réticulaire],weunderstandasocietyin
whichmostindividualsareinter-connectedwithalluinpossibilities”and
withsomeuinact”bymeansofanetworkthatallowseachpersontotake
boththepositionofthesenderandtherecipient,isthissituationaconstel-
lationofuuniversalcontrol”inwhichtheaudiovisualindustryhasbecome
onlyaushortcutandbypass”ofbotheducational,politicalandcommercial
institutions;orarewewitnessinghereaconstellationgivingtheopportu-
nitytoestablishauco-creativesociety,”cultivatingtheanalyticalskillsof
co-creatingandco-sharing,ofbothbeingtogetherandbeingapart?
SerialityandtheAestheticsofDisappearance
PaulViriliocreatedaveryintriguingcategory–theaestheticsofdisap-
pearance(Virilio1991).Virilio’scentralideaisthesocialandpolitical
roleofdetention.Infact,Virilioisinterestedinalltheinterruptionsand
pauses,fromepilepsyandmomentarylossofconsciousnesstodeath.
Whatisaliveisconsciousonlythroughaninfinityofsmalldeaths,acci-
dents,interruptions,andcuts.Ourperceptionisassembly,aseriesoftem-
porality,whicharetheproductofexistingforcesandtechnologiesthat
organizetime.ForVirilio,cinemashowsuswhatourconsciousnessis,
andourconsciousnessistheresultofediting,andseriality.Theegoisnot
continuous;itconsistsofaseriesofsmalldeathsandpartialidentities.
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