Yet the equivocal image has come amid often astonishing techniques, the internationalization of communication, and the virtualization of photographic representation as a subset of computer rendering where algorithmic images signify an epistemological realm that zigzags between dopey electronic ontology and sweeping ersatz immutablity.
just an example of the meaningless drivel i have to wade through. i mean seriously, this sentence doesn’t say anything. well, it says, in plain english: the ambiguous image hovers between a strange virtual existence and a fake sort of constancy. of course, in the case of art history and critical theory, it just says that most authors just like to hear themselves speak … or write (ie, why use a big word when a monosyllabic diminutive will suffice). this sentence btw, is from instability and dispersion by timothy druckrey. critical theory qua verbal diarrhea. or fancy words qua haughtier than thou intelligence
the title is a reference either to barthes or uncertainty theory