How Not to Be Seen: A Fucking Didactic Educational .MOV File (film still) 2013

Editor: This is a still from Hito Steyerl’s video "How Not to Be Seen: A Fucking Didactic Educational .MOV File." The composition is striking, almost like a test pattern. What do you see in this piece? Curator: It's a powerful critique of visibility in the digital age. Steyerl's work often engages with how power structures are embedded in technology and image circulation. How do the colorful blocks interact with the face, and what statements might Steyerl be making about identity and surveillance? Editor: Maybe it's about the impossibility of truly disappearing? Curator: Precisely! Consider how the "didactic" nature of the title clashes with the complex, almost absurd imagery. What does it mean to "educate" someone on invisibility in a world saturated with images? It's a question we must continually ask. Editor: That tension is really fascinating. Thanks for pointing that out.