Hito Steyerl: In Defense Of The Poor Image

This is interesting in the way it personifies digital images. Steyerl describes poor quality images in a way reminiscent of Robin Hood, making sacrifices (eg. quality) and taking risks (eg. ignoring copyright) to deliver to the masses. We often have no trouble finding ourselves personifying and empathising with physical objects, for example if they are old or sentimental, or if they have faces on them or are slightly smaller than we are used to (baby cheeses are "cuter" than regular-sized cheeses), but it's even more interesting to hear something that we cannot touch and that is part of the "cold" digital world described in this way.