Art is alive because it is mortal. Paul Virilio More Quotes by Paul Virilio More Quotes From Paul Virilio I repeat what I suggest in my book [ Strategie de la deception]. The first deterrence, nuclear deterrence, is presently being superseded by the second deterrence: a type of deterrence based on what I call 'the information bomb' associated with the new weaponry of information and communications technologies. Paul Virilio communicationtechnologybook For the US, the Kosovo War was a success because it encouraged the development of the Pentagon's 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA). The war provided a test site for experimentation, and paved the way for emergence of what I call in Strategie de la deception 'the second deterrence'. Paul Virilio deceptionmilitarywar One day the virtual world might win over the real world. Paul Virilio one-dayrealwinning I am always concerned with ideas of territory and movement. Indeed, my first book after Bunker Archeology was entitled L'insecurite du territoire (1976). Paul Virilio movementbookideas One can't even know what it means to be lost in reality. For instance, it is easy to know whether you are lost or not in the Sahara desert, but to be lost in reality! This is much more complex! Paul Virilio sahara-desertmeanreality What happened in Kosovo was the exact reversal of what happened in 'Fortress Europe' in 1943-45. Let me explain. Air Marshall 'Bomber' Harris used to say that 'Fortress Europe' was a fortress without a roof, since the Allies had air supremacy. Now, if we look at the Kosovo War, what do we see? We see a fortress without walls but with a roof! Isn't that disappearance extraordinary?! Paul Virilio wallairwar The creation of a virtual image is a form of accident. This explains why virtual reality is a cosmic accident. It's the accident of the real. Paul Virilio creationformreal The media is more concerned with what we feel about the refugees and so on rather than what we think about them. Paul Virilio refugeemediathinking As I have said many times before, I was among the first people to experience the German Occupation of France during the Second World War. I was 7-13 years old during the War and did not really internalise its significance. Paul Virilio warpeopleyears While the United States (US) can view the war as a success, Europe must see it as a failure for it and, in particular, for the institutions of the European Union (EU). Paul Virilio viewseuropewar Art is drama. Any relationship to art is also a relationship to death. Paul Virilio art-isdramaart Earth is already being integrated into the Pentagon, and the man in the Pentagon is already piloting the world war - or the Gulf War - as if he were a captain whose huge boat would have become his own body. Thus the body simulates the relationship to the world. Paul Virilio menwarworld We have already seen some instances of systemic risk in recent times in the Asian financial crisis. But what sparked off the Asian financial crisis? Automated trading programmes! Paul Virilio asianfinancialrisk There can be no doubt about this. It even held true for the soldiers involved in the Kosovo War. For the soldiers stayed mostly in their barracks! In this way, polar inertia has truly become a mass phenomenon. And not only for the TV audiences watching the war at home but also for the army that watches the battle from the barracks. Paul Virilio armyhomewar In a way, everybody is wounded from the wound of the real. This phenomenon is similar to madness. The mad person is wounded by his or her distorted relationship to the real. Paul Virilio madrealway As I have been arguing for a long time now, there is a real need not simply for a political economy of wealth but also for a political economy of speed. Paul Virilio politicalreallong We are entering a world where there won't be one but two realities, just like we have two eyes or hear bass and treble tones, just like we now have stereoscopy and stereophony: there will be two realities: the actual, and the virtual. Thus there is no simulation, but substitution. Reality has become symmetrical. The splitting of reality in two parts is a considerable event which goes far beyond simulation. Paul Virilio eyetworeality As I have said many times before, the speed of light does not merely transform the world. It becomes the world. Globalization is the speed of light. And it is nothing else! Paul Virilio lightdoeworld Whoever controls the territory possesses it. Paul Virilio territory Troops must be fed with ammunition and so on but also with information, with images, with visual intelligence. Without these elements troops cannot perform their duties properly. This is what is meant by the logistics of perception. Paul Virilio troopsinformationperception
