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Poor Image as a Weapon, Supercut and Digital Resistance

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DOI: 10.23977/artpl.2023.040309 | Downloads: 16 | Views: 384

Author(s)

Zhang Yihuan 1

Affiliation(s)

1 University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Corresponding Author

Zhang Yihuan

ABSTRACT

Beginning with Steyerl's enquiry into whether the Internet can create new possibilities, this article draws out how digital media has been used for digital resistance through the combing of some historical events. By citing Steyerl's conceptual elaboration of the poor image, this article introduces Supercut, as one of the forms of the poor image, tracing its origins and characteristics, focusing on its various possibilities as a practice of digital resistance, including providing evidence for analysing the relationship between media and politics; deconstructing misrepresentations and reconstructing group identities; and resisting the hegemony of political propaganda discourse. Supercut is a powerful response to inequalities and that it has great potential for future creators to explore.

KEYWORDS

Supercut; digital resistance; poor image; visual culture; online activism; feminism

CITE THIS PAPER

Zhang Yihuan, Poor Image as a Weapon, Supercut and Digital Resistance. Art and Performance Letters (2023) Vol. 4: 46-50. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/artpl.2023.040309.

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