The technological foundations of Law:

1. SPT 2013 ISEG, Technical University of Lisbon The technological foundations of Law: The biodigital images of sovereign power Marcus Vinicius A. B. De Matos mdemat01@mail.bbk.ac.uk BBK College (UOL) CAPES Foundation

3. Introduction • Law and State of Exception • Theory of Law and Images • Concepts < Images • Role of Images  Rule of Images • Problems, Hypothesis • Work in progress

4. Theoretical Framework • Sociology: • Technique, Propaganda, Politics (JaquesEllul) • Technology and De-symbolization (William H. Vanderburg) • Technology and moral (Richard Stivers)

5. Theoretical Framework • Art, Media and Cultural Studies: • Pictorial Turn, Biodigital Pictures, Visuality(W. J. T. Mitchell; Jacques Rancière; Nicolas Mirzoeff) • War, Cinema, Surveillance (Paul Virilio; Mauricio Lissovsky) • Ritual, Embodiment, Personification (Aby Warburg)

6. Theoretical Framework • Philosophy and Legal Theory: • State of Exception, Apparatus, Control (Giorgio Agamben; Gilles Deleuze; Michel Foucault) • Sovereignty, Violence (Walter Benjamin; Jean-Luc Nancy) • Subject, Aesthetics of Law, Raison d’État(CotasDouzinas; Juliana N. Magalhães; Pierre Legendre)

7. Hypothesis & Methodology • Digital images from popular film: reveals and constitutes a media apparatus. • network of power relations: institutions, social actors, meaning, knowledge, imaginary, government. • Images from mainstream cinema:produced, reproduced, distributed, consumed, modified and criticized.

8. Diagram 1 Source: form the author

9. Methodology • Images (=) or (//) Pictures • Digital Images: • Pictorial turn(W.J.T. Mitchell, 2011) • Biopolitcs(//) Biopictures • Representation Vs. Personification • Biopictures: clone and terror. • Spectral subjects

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15. Empirical Research • Analysis of two movies and itsimages. • Elite Squad (2007), José Padilha. • The Dark Knight (2008), Christopher Nollan. • Two allegorical and juridical-political scenarios: • War on Terror (EUA, 2001-?) • Private War (Brazil, 1990s)

27. Empirical Research Outline

28. Empirical Research Outline • Media Reception: • specialized magazines, websites, reviews, interviews, and academic journals • Institutional research: • discourse of authorities, officers, politicians, journalists, in editorials, documents, news, interviews and procedures • Elite Squad (2007), José Padilha. • 21 publications analysed. • The Dark Knight (2008), Christopher Nollan • 46 publications analysed.

34. List of films/images • 300 (2007), by Zack Snyder • Batman Begins (2005) and Dark Knight (2008), by Christopher Nolan. • Elite Squad (2007) and Elite Squad: the Enemy Within (2010), by Jose Padilha. • V for Vendetta (2005), by James McTeigue. • Star Wars new trilogy: Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999); Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002); and Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005), by George Lucas. • The Matrix trilogy: The Matrix (1999), The Matrix Reloaded (2003), and The Matrix Revolutions (2003) by Larry Wachowski and Andy Wachowski.

35. Credits (Photos) • Donkey Hotey- Occupy Wall Street protestor in Guy Fawkes mask holding poster OCCUPY WALL STREET. • October 15, 2011. Photo by Hedonoikos • Noelle Resende – Ocupa Rio • Mariana Araujo – Dia do Basta • Dia do Basta – Facebook Page • Ralph Orlowisk – Getty Images • Craig Wherlock – Demotix • Milos Bicanski – GlobalPost

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