COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY ART PRACTICES BASED ON OBSOLESCENCE AND PROJECTION MEDIA DEVICES: CASE STUDY OF THE ARTWORK ⟪FANTASMAGORÍAS⟫

In this text we analyze how some current art practices based on obsolescence reflect on the nature of the contemporary image. These practices use in a coherent way a precarious and limited technology that is positioned in front of other apparently more complex technologies whose novel character, sometimes, gives them a greater value. In order to carry out this research, we start with the comparison of several contemporary artworks and their relationship with other historical technologies. The article ends with a detailed study of a practical case where some of the ideas developed throughout the text are synthesized.