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The Index and the Algorithm.

This article focuses on the digital image and its manipulation as possible semiotic marker of an algorithmic expression or computational process. It examines the relationship between the digital image, indexicality and the computer programs. It is argued that the development of an understanding of t...

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Published in:Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 153 - 187
Main Author: Soderman, Braxton
Format: Article
Published: Duke University Press Spring2007
Subjects:
Computer art
Digital images
Semiotics & art
Algorithms
Indexicals (Semantics)
Computer software
Digital image processing
Digitization
Digital communications
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:This article focuses on the digital image and its manipulation as possible semiotic marker of an algorithmic expression or computational process. It examines the relationship between the digital image, indexicality and the computer programs. It is argued that the development of an understanding of the computer program's modes of meaningful expression is needed when the images that have been perceived become imbricated with the digital. Several effects of digitization on the concept of indexicality are also discussed.