Discorrelated Images
Discorrelated Images by Shane Denson, published by Duke University Press on October 9, 2020, explores the impact of computer-generated digital images on traditional cinematic experiences. This 320-page work delves into how these images alter spatial and temporal relationships, challenging viewers’ perceptions of analog cinema. Denson analyzes a range of media, including the Transformers series, Blade Runner 2049, video games, and multimedia installations, to illustrate the concept of discorrelated images, which do not align with human perceptual capabilities.
Readers will find a thorough examination of how these discorrelated images create new subjectivities and affective experiences, reshaping our understanding of perception and action. Denson argues that the intersection of new media theory with film and cinema theory is crucial, as these images signify more than just changes in cinematic form or technical processes. The work emphasizes the broader implications for understanding subjectivity and nonhuman agency, making it a significant contribution to discussions in media studies, performing arts, and social science.
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In Discorrelated Images Shane Denson examines how computer-generated digital images displace and transform the traditional spatial and temporal relationships that viewers had with conventional analog forms of cinema. Denson analyzes works ranging from the Transformers series and Blade Runner 2049 to videogames and multimedia installations to show how what he calls discorrelated images—images that do not correlate with the abilities and limits of human perception—produce new subjectivities, affects, and potentials for perception and action. Denson’s theorization suggests that new media theory and its focus on technological development must now be inseparable from film and cinema theory. There’s more at stake in understanding discorrelated images, Denson contends, than just a reshaping of cinema, the development of new technical imaging processes, and the evolution of film and media studies: discorrelated images herald a transformation of subjectivity itself and are essential to our ability to comprehend nonhuman agency.
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