Beyond the Image printing number of palm trees and

number of palm trees and all the blank pages from Ruscha’s original

none of us are

By focusing on her own social milieu—the art world—Graw demonstrates how friendships are neither totally disinterested nor reduceable to their use

In Closing

Beyond the Image printing number of palm trees andToday, we do not believe in images anymore. This incredulity is, in part, the product of technology. From brainrot to deepfakes, from NFTs to sloppy content, the function of the image is not representation but only the reproduction of capital. In the twentieth century, the machine automated the hands of workers; in the twenty first century, it automates the eyes of consumers. The conveyor belt is upgraded by scrolling. In the age of electronic