hey chris, i've seen you reference steyerl's "poor image" so i thought you'd be interested in Aria Dean, “Poor Meme, Rich Meme” (if you haven't read it yet) which discusses black collective internet and world presence (via memes) in the same vein as steyerl 💖
including a link for anyone reading this
I am not thinking of memes themselves, as actual objects, as liberatory by any stretch of the imagination. If there is liberation, it will not take place on corporate platforms, where Mark Zuckerberg profits directly from the reproduction of our deaths, gruesomely replayed by well-meaning users with subconscious glee. Instead, there may be some power in the readily made, readily unmade, ever shifting, ever distributed meme — power in a “poor image” that slips through borders for those of us who are heavily policed, whom the state and other forces would like to make fixed.
this was a really really good read thank you SO much for the recommendation <333333 loveeeed dean’s incorporation of steyerl’s words as well. def will have this stuck in my head in the same way steyerl’s article is
