Think for a moment about the deal between photographer and audience. A photo is a set of choices, the deliberate selection of a moment, of frame, lighting and viewpoint. All of these choices are the prerogative and responsibility of the artist. Cinema has a similar ethic. No matter how many times you see a given cut of Blade Runner<\/i>, you will see the same sequence of images. The aesthetic choices have been baked in.<\/p>\n
What Ridley Scott was up to, I think, in the famous “Enhance 224” scene, was a challenge. He was asking us to question the definition of “image”. What if an image were not merely an image, but rather a universe of possible<\/i> images? This would fundamentally change the relationship between artist and audience.<\/p>\n
This doesn’t mean that creators would cede all control. For example, a sculpture can be seen from an infinite number of viewpoints, yet sculpture is still a medium that gives enormous control to the artist.<\/p>\n
Rather, I think Ridley Scott was hinting at a possible future for cinema itself. Suppose you could enter into the world of Blade Runner<\/i>, peer around its corners, see some of Sebastian’s other creatures, maybe even visit the out-world.<\/p>\n
In more than one sense Ridley Scott was being a visionary. Because now, more than three decades later, the capabilities hinted at in that scene are just beginning to become possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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