Chaos Communication Congress

institutions for Resolution Disputes (34x156)

: 30, 2017

Speaker: Rosa Menkman Rosa Menkman investigates video compression, feedback, and glitches. The institutions of Resolution Disputes [iRD] call attention to media resolutions. While a ’resolution’ generally simply refers to a standard (measurement) embedded in the technological domain, the iRD reflect on the fact that a resolution is indeed a settlement (solution), but at the same time a space of compromise between different actors (objects, materialities and protocols) who dispute their stakes (framerate, number of pixels etc.) within the growing digital territories.