Self/ Image : Technology, Representation, And the Contemporary Subject

List of illustrations vii Acknowledgments xi Prologue xiii 1 The body and/in representation 1 BREAK: Hoc est Corpus Maim redux 29 2 "Beneath this mask another mask" (analogue and digital photography) 35 BREAK: "No Movies"... (No) Bodies, (No) Cities 80 3 Post(urban) self image (the city) 87 BREAK: "Your greatest creation is the life you lead" 128 4 Cinematic self imaging and the televisual body (cinema, video, digital video) 134 BREAK: "Happiness is over-rated" 163 5 The body is not obsolete (robotics) 168 BREAK: "Desire and action, digital era" 202 6 The televisual architecture of the dream body (video and digital video installation) 207 Epilogue: Bob Flanagan's corpse and the limits of representation 243 Index 251