We believe that it is in this spoken world, where people engage in phatic communion and indulge in the give-and-take of interpersonal socialising and the negotiation of personality, identity, friendship and connection, largely unmindful of institutional goals or language policies and politics, that one can best get a view of language vitality.

slaphappy, trigger-happy

de- + mise → demise

Coded images hold a material value similar to their celluloid counterparts, even if they cannot be looked at unless they are turned into pixeled objects.