Imagens técnicas e o pensamento imagético em Vilém Flusser: diálogos para uma epistemologia da imaginação

Abstract

This article discusses the topic of technical images in Vilém Flusser. Considering the current context characterized by the proliferation of surfaces and technical devices of image reproduc-tion, Flusser proposes a new cognitive skill. This faculty, called te-chnoimagination, would help understanding how technical images operate, stimulating a critical thinking about images. In order to ela-borate this argument, this article brings a brief retrospective on two main topics in Flusser’s work: the steps of abstraction and the black boxes (or imaging devices). On that account, we suggest that the improvement of critical visual thinking embraces not only the debate on contemporary art, but also the dialogue with other philosophers who, along with Flusser, reflected on the epistemology of the ima-gination.