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The series "Digital Image Cultures" from Wagenbach Verlag will be presented. It is dedicated to the most important new forms and uses of digital images and categorises them in terms of cultural history. Annekathrin Kohout and Wolfgang Ullrich, editors of the series, will introduce the programme, the history and the future of digital image cultures.

"Bildökologie - Materielle Lasten immaterieller Erscheinungen" is one of the latest volumes in the series. Kohout and Ullrich will discuss the hidden sides of digital image production with author Michael Klipphahn-Karge: raw materials, energy, global supply chains and the ecological consequences behind every posted photo. But it will also, and above all, be about questions of political responsibility in relation to individual responsibility. After all, digital images are anything but immaterial - they are tied to metals, minerals, server farms and complex infrastructures, not to mention political and therefore economic interests.
Event organised in collaboration with Wagenbach Verlag.

Dr Annekathrin Kohout holds a doctorate in cultural studies and is a freelance author. She is co-editor of the book series "Digitale Bildkulturen" at Wagenbach Verlag and the magazine "POP. Culture and Criticism".
Dr Wolfgang Ullrich is an art historian, cultural scientist and co-editor of the series "Digitale Bildkulturen".
Dr Michael Klipphahn-Karge is an art historian and head of the research focus "History and Theory of Art and Design" at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig.