{"id":1370,"date":"2022-08-10T11:50:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T09:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ida-gibber.com\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2026-08-24T11:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:47:27","slug":"les-images-indicielles-dans-le-jeu-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ida-gibber.com\/en\/les-images-indicielles-dans-le-jeu-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Indexical Images in Video Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1370\" class=\"elementor elementor-1370\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ad67fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ad67fe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5660146\" data-id=\"5660146\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37c4934 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37c4934\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Research thesis written in 2022<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce18144 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce18144\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My master\u2019s thesis with the Cologne Game Lab offers a critical reflection on immersion through an analysis of an \u201caesthetics of rupture.\u201d This approach is characterized by the raw integration of live-action footage into a computer-generated world.<\/p><p>In the context of competing with reality, the refinement of game graphics now relies on the use of real-world capture techniques such as photogrammetry. As a result, the medium has never been closer to reality. And yet, while the image of reality is very much present in the production process, it is invisible in the game because it seems to <strong>merge<\/strong> with the computer-generated imagery. The trace of reality is therefore invisible, and the indexical nature of photogrammetry is erased.<\/p><p>But bucking this trend, some video games incorporate live-action footage in a way that creates a sense of <strong>dissonance<\/strong>embracing the contrast between photographs and computer-generated imagery. This method of integration is described as a <strong>collage<\/strong> because it involves incorporating fragments of reality as they are, creating <strong>an aesthetic conflict<\/strong> with the synthetic world.<\/p><p>In my thesis, I analyzed this aesthetic of rupture by linking it to a broader discourse on the contemporary era. I wondered whether one could find political significance in this aesthetic of digital collage by comparing it to collages from the interwar period. And I proposed interpreting this aesthetic as a desire to break free from immersion in a time when experiences of simulation are becoming increasingly common.\u00a0<\/p><p>My analysis was based on games that feature live-action image overlays: games from Remedy Entertainment (<em>Control, Alan Wake, Quantum Break<\/em>), as well as the <em>paper-craft<\/em> world from the lesser-known documentary-style game <em>Cosmic Top Secret <\/em>by Klassefilm and the video spectres from Bill Viola\u2019s game, <em>The Night Journey<\/em>.<\/p><p>Finally, drawing on the philosophers of Critical Theory, I proposed interpretive frameworks for a politico-aesthetic analysis of collage in video games within its contemporary context.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfd1de0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cfd1de0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"915\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/ida-gibber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Cover_Emilia.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-928\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ida-gibber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Cover_Emilia.png 915w, https:\/\/ida-gibber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Cover_Emilia-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/ida-gibber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Cover_Emilia-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/ida-gibber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Cover_Emilia-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/ida-gibber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Cover_Emilia-508x284.png 508w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5aec2c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5aec2c3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79098fa\" data-id=\"79098fa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-578932f elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"578932f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\n\n    .post-meta-bottom {\n        display: none;\n    }\n    \n    .post-navigation {\n        display:none;\n    }\n    \n    .featured-media {\n\n    }\n    \n    \n<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M\u00e9moire de recherche \u00e9crit durant l&rsquo;ann\u00e9e 2022 Mon m\u00e9moire de master avec le Cologne Game Lab propose une r\u00e9flexion critique de l&rsquo;immersion par l&rsquo;analyse d&rsquo;une esth\u00e9tique de la rupture. Celle-ci est caract\u00e9ris\u00e9e par l&rsquo;int\u00e9gration brute d&rsquo;images en prise de vue r\u00e9elles dans un univers de synth\u00e8se. 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