Flusser Studies 41 – May 2026 / Special Issue: Vilém Flusser and Artificial Intelligence

 

Über den menschlichen Kopf als archivische Form

 

The series examines the human head as an archival structure operating at the threshold between representation and material register. Although the images maintain the frontal conventions of portraiture, they suspend its expressive and identificatory functions.

 

The head is treated as a site of accumulation: organic matter, time, and algorithmic processes converge on its surface without hierarchy or narrative orientation. The eyes remain closed, gestures are neutralized, and variation is minimized. Created through a controlled interaction of digital modeling, image synthesis, and procedural iteration, the works operate as a closed system in which difference emerges slowly and cumulatively.

 

Rather than asserting individuality, the series constructs a state of persistence in which the body appears as a storage medium subject to compression, erosion, and long-term transformation.

 

Flusser Studies 41 – May 2026 / Special Issue: Vilém Flusser and Artificial Intelligence

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