AN-ICON Studies in Environmental Images [ISSN 2785-7433]

Introduction: the image between presence and absence

AN-ICON Studies in Environmental Images [ISSN 2785-7433] May 16, 2022 Giancarlo Grossi, Andrea Pinotti 1 citation

Dream images, anticipations of the future, memories of the past, perceptual distortions, delusional hallucinations, cognitions intoxicated by alcohol and drugs have always inhabited the visual representations of paintings, comics, films, television series, videogames and, more recently, virtual reality installations. We call them “altered states of consciousness”, meaning any perceptual state...