Hyper-imaging : New Languages for Art, Media and Communication - Alfredo Cramerotti

Alfredo Cramerotti

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Published 13 November 2026

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  • Pages · 172 pages
  • Publication Date · 13/11/2026
  • Genre · Information technology: general issues
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Hyper-imaging:�New Languages for Art, Media and Communication�describes a condition in which images are processes and no longer end points; relays of action instead of representations. In turn, this redefines curating as a form of active mediation between human attention and the invisible systems shaping it. Throughout the book, Dr. Cramerotti weaves theoretical perspectives with case studies drawn from his curatorial experience and deep engagements with artists and thinkers whose work interrogates these shifting dynamics. It offers a compelling argument that images are shifting from static representations to active practices, using the author's curatorial experience to illustrate this transformation with clarity and depth. Thoroughly supported by scholarship and professional insight, the book shows how images circulate, shape our responses, and position artists and curators as key figures in evolving media theory. This is a book about how images function: how they move, mutate, and co-author meaning with machines, publics, and institutions. The goal is to equip curators, artists, scholars, and readers to better navigate this terrain: to engage critically, act creatively, and think infrastructurally. In the age of hyper-imaging, what is seeing is not the point; it is the system of seeing that must be curated.

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