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The Corruption of the Eye: On Photogenesis and Self-Growing Images
Wietske Maas
I see with sentient eyes, I feel with a seeing hand.
—Goethe, Roman Elegies, 1788 1
1. The Eye of the Stomach
“The skin, like a cloak, covers us all over, the oldest and the most sensitive of our organs, our first medium of communication, and our most efficient of protectors. The whole body is covered by skin. Even the transparent cornea of the eye is overlain by a layer of modified skin. The skin also turns inwards to line orifices such as the mouth, nostrils, and anal canal….
e-flux Journal
Posted: May 1, 2015
Category
Bodies, Photography
Subjects
Optics & Perception, Consciousness & Cognition, Biology, Plants & Forests