Valiaho, Pasi. 2005. Simulation, Automata, Cinema: A Critique of Gestures. Theory and Event, 8(2), ISSN 1092-311X [Article]

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The gesture, Giorgio Agamben writes, is that which refers to the incommunicable potentiality of language. The gesture is "the muteness inherent in humankind's very capacity for language, its speechless dwelling in language."1 The gesture, it could be argued, expresses the bare, material life which language presupposes.

Item Type:	Article
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Media, Communications and Cultural Studies
Dates:	Date Event 2005 Published
Item ID:	14695
Date Deposited:	09 Nov 2015 15:41
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2015 15:41
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/14695

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