Poor Image

What a lonely and terrible life that this poor image has once lived. Hito Steyerl has made that much clear. When he describes the image with its poor resolution and pushed aside attitude, it was hard to not feel bad for the little guy.

This was a very unique look into something that many people do not think about. The poor images. The images with poor resolution. Millions of them, floating out in cyberspace and, as Steyerl said about films, put in the archives. Pushed aside in the minds of many and only emerging and coming forth in front of few.

Something that stuck out about the poor image was when Steyerl said "Poor images show the rare, the obvious, and the unbelievable - that is, if we can still manager to decipher it." That's one strong statement and a very true one. People don't seem to take the time to appreciate these "poor images". If they did, then they might be able to find out something about it or just a totally fresh and interesting concept or idea.

However, there was a silver lining through out all of this. Steyerl did make mention of YouTube as a means for these poor images and videos to reach the hands of people who they otherwise never would have the chance to be viewed by. This is true. I myself have seen these videos. Grainy videos taken with cellphone cameras or old video equipment. Poorly edited pieces of fights, stunts, and anything else. All brought to my eye because of YouTube. I never would have seen these videos otherwise and its a great experience. Even though some of the videos might not have that much of a meaning, they are still great and rare finds.

This shows that there are more and more ways for the poor image to emerge once again and become noticed.