The Reuse of Archive Images as a Contemporary Practice
Keywords:
Archives, digital revolution, remediationAbstract
The article aims to explore one of the contemporary trends in cinema and audiovisual media: the re-use of pre-existing images. Since the appearance of new digital technologies, artists had the opportunity to experiment through the creative reappropriation of images: this tendency has influenced the making of audiovisual works. Through a deep analysis of such works, that explore innovative aspects of the archive, the article will address the theoretical implication in the remediation of images.
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