The Tableau Vivant and Social Media Culture

The article aims to analyse the in social media culture by emphasizing its intermedial relation to technical visual media, particularly digital photography and film. By focusing on the living picture’s specific mimetic qualities, the study traces back the ’s history in a media archaeological perspective primarily regarding photography. It explores the current revival of the within social media. The article examines living pictures and the aspect of self-staging, relevant to contemporary digital culture. The develops between two polarities: a primarily analytical approach that allows a profound exploration of a particular artwork and the performative aspects of self-staging.