@article{intel:/content/journals/10.1386/ejpc_00042_1, author = "Nogueira, Luís", title = "Cabinet of precariousness: From the ephemeral image to the eternal image", journal= "Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication", year = "2022", volume = "13", number = "Precarity and the Moving Image", pages = "69-86", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1386/ejpc_00042_1", url = "https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ejpc_00042_1", publisher = "Intellect", issn = "1757-1960", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "art theory", keywords = "picture theory", keywords = "painting", keywords = "aesthetics", keywords = "visual culture", keywords = "film", abstract = "In this article, precariousness is understood as an intrinsic characteristic of a vast set of images – being them pictorial, sculptural, photographic, cinematographic, digital or other. These images acquire their specific value, most of the time, precisely as a function of this attribute. Precariousness is, in this case, not an insufficiency or a weakness, but a power, understood in different areas, from aesthetics to ontology. This article is divided into two parts: the first one explores, in various ways, the ephemerality–eternity polarity based on precariousness; the second one allows us to know the plural manifestations of the precariousness of the image in multiple forms of expression by identifying a range of arts and media nuclei. Invoking the contribution of different authors, from ancient to contemporary times, the article ends as it begins: it highlights the intrinsic precariousness of both forms of artistic creation and the modes of academic thinking.", }