Article:
Taking the Lid off the Utah Teapot: Towards a Material Analysis of Computer Graphics

Author(s): Lehmann, Ann-Sophie

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This article argues that the impact of digital images on visual culture can only be understood if the specifi c materiality of these artefacts is taken into account. An analysis of the famous Utah teapot distinguishes fi ve material layers, including making, coding, forensic and epistemic materiality, as well as the notion of trans-materiality. Each layer is developed in relation to theoretical concepts of materiality in media studies, art history, computer science, and anthropology.

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Lehmann, Ann-Sophie: Taking the Lid off the Utah Teapot: Towards a Material Analysis of Computer Graphics. In: ZMK Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung, Jg. 3 (2012), Nr. 1, S. 169-184. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/18488.
@ARTICLE{Lehmann2012,
 author = {Lehmann, Ann-Sophie},
 title = {Taking the Lid off the Utah Teapot: Towards a Material Analysis of Computer Graphics},
 year = 2012,
 doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/18488}",
 volume = 3,
 address = {Hamburg},
 journal = {ZMK Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung},
 number = 1,
 pages = {169--184},
}
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