Por una ética de la producción de imágenes

Abstract

In this work we will be guided, fundamentally, by the pro posal of the German philosopher Boris Groys, who incites to write about Art in a non aesthetic or “anti aesthetic” way, that is, to write from the poetic perspective. The author observes how because of the new technologies “Today more people are interested in producing images than in looking at them” (2014), in contrast, in ancient times there were more spectators than artists. We accompany these reflections with examples provided by films by the German filmmaker Wim Wenders where the characters pose their dilemmas around the images: Alicia in the cities (1974), Lisbon Story (1994) and Tokio Ga (1985). We consider that a fundamental question regarding the production of contemporary images is what to produce, what deserves to be published and how to do it? In order to propose an “ethical filter” that can limit the overabundance of current images.