Remote War Remote Conscience
Modern warfare produces its own visual language through the expansive apparatus in which it operates. Made through the eye of the machine, its imagery is highly sanitized and stripped of human presence. This thesis examines the footage disseminated by the Israeli military during attacks on Gaza—material presented as objective documentation that ultimately obscures the consequences of violence. These visuals reinforce a national visual identity rooted in detachment.
Through sterile interfaces, abstracted targets, and pixelated impact zones, the imagery trains viewers to witness destruction without confronting its human cost. This project asks how distance, both visual and ethical, is constructed through such images, and how this detachment shapes collective perception of war.
Through sterile interfaces, abstracted targets, and pixelated impact zones, the imagery trains viewers to witness destruction without confronting its human cost. This project asks how distance, both visual and ethical, is constructed through such images, and how this detachment shapes collective perception of war.
