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NETWORKS WITHOUT A CAUSE 2001
Geert Lovink


chapter 8
P134-145

ONLINE VIDEO AESTHETICS OR THE ART OF WATCHING DATABASES

We no longer watch films or TV; we watch databases.
snack culture of the multitasking prosumer: watch a clip and move on
what dose it mean that our attention is guided by database systems?
searching vs finding (why has searchability become become such an essential organizing principle)
?? why do we encourage a personal relationship with the relational databse? Are we really in dialogue with the Machine?
Are there editors in the background recommending the "most popular videos"?
Cultual awareness of how algorithms function is still a long way off
Italian artist Albert Figurt, Notre Dame Cathedral
Beyond the often moralistic critique of gadget fetishism and the praise of technology-free watching, we need to upgrade and focus our "ways of seeing"(Jon Berger) and ways of describing the composition of our contemporary culture

After the Fall of the Grand Narrative