Vilém Flusser
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Biography
Vilém Flusser (May 12, 1920 – November 27, 1991) was a Czech-born Brazilian philosopher, writer and journalist. He lived for a long period in São Paulo (where he became a Brazilian citizen) and later in France, and his works are written in many different languages. His early work was marked by discussion of the thought of Martin Heidegger, and by the influence of existentialism and phenomenology. Phenomenology would play a major role in the transition to the later phase of his work, in which he turned his attention to the philosophy of communication and of artistic production. He contributed to the dichotomy in history: the period of image worship, and period of text worship, with deviations consequently into idolatry and "textolatry".
Known For
Flusser presents here theories that focus on the believability of the electronic image, the role of religion and memory, as well as the new language systems and apparatus of the digital avant-garde era. — Television Image and Political Space in the Light of the Romanian Revolution (Lecture, Budapest, the 7th of April, 1990) — On technical images, chance, consciousness and the individual (Interview by Miklós Peternák in München, the 17th of October 1991) — On religion, memory and synthetic image (Interview by László Beke and Miklós Peternák in Budapest, the 7th of April 1990) — On writing, complexity and the technical revolutions (Interview by Miklós Peternák in Osnabrück, European Media Art Festival, September 1988)
Vilém Flusser: We Shall Survive in the Memory of Others
Harun Farocki sits down with Vilém Flusser to discuss the front page of the German tabloid newspaper Bild Zeitung.