简介：In1991,whenimagesoftheGulfWarfloodedtheinternationalmedia,itwasvirtuallyimpossibletodistinguishbetweenrealpicturesandthosegeneratedoncomputer.Thislossofbearingswastochangeforeverourwayofdecipheringwhatwesee.Theimageisnolongerusedonlyastestimony,butalsoasanindispensablelinkinaprocessofproductionanddestruction.ThisisthecentralpremiseofErkennenundVerfolgen,whichcontinuesthedeconstructionofclaimstovisualobjectivity　　InWarataDistance,FarockireturnstothemesexploredinworkssuchasImagesoftheWorldandtheInscriptionofWar,bringingthemtechnologicallyuptodate.Theautomationoffactoryproductionisparalleledwiththeautomationofdestructioninwarfare,andanewworldofmachineimagesisrevealed–imagesnotintendedforhumaneyes,butforthevisualtrackingsystemsofthedigitalage.ThevideotracesthehistoryofmissileguidancesystemsfromWWIIthroughthepresentdayusingvisualartifactsofmachineguidancesystems,aswellastrainingfilms,missilefootagefromtheGulfWar,andflightandbattlesimulations.Acoollyterrifyingglimpseofthefuture.…