Abstract
Since the 1990s, memory has been regarded as a process of dynamic reconstruction rather than the mere preservation and reproduction of images in formal practice. While all memories originate from past events, they are shaped by the gaps between the past and the present. This temporal tension endows all texts concerning memory construction with a distinctive vitality that differentiates them from static archives. The “vitality” of memory resides in its present condition and in the enchantment produced by media through which it is revisited. Digital images, however, dissolve the material presence of real objects and render imagination absolute, thereby raising new questions about image representation and the interpretation of memory. This article examines the “digital variation” and transmedia integration characteristic of contemporary image culture. It investigates the aesthetic strategies and memory projections of digital technologies—such as algorithms, codes, and projections—in shaping the overarching narrative of images. Furthermore, it explores how these digital means extend the ethical dimension of perception through the production of illusions.
Keywords
transmedia images, digital illusion, memory projection, ethics of perception
First Page
178
Last Page
188
Recommended Citation
Cai, Xiao. 2025. "Lost in Perception?: Digital Hallucination and Memory Projection in Transmedia Images." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 45, (6): pp.178-188. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol45/iss6/18
