Linking and Care in Connection

"Linking and Care in Connection" examines recent developments in connectivity in computing and telecommunications to revisit two of literary form's core concepts: care and risk. Hyperlinking, specifically, demands a different type of care and redefines what is cared about and who cares. It intensifies an already existing confrontation with care that's implicit to every reading of a text and every viewing of an image. "Linking and Care in Connection" pays special attention to the semiotic and rhythmic difference presented by "image-links," devices, while new in their capacity to function as signals, are comparable to classical rubrics and religious icons in the way they organize space.