Abstract
This article discusses cellphilm aesthetics and their resultant effect for visual
culture in the 21st century. The article is one of a number we wrote on the
topic at the time . This paper operates from previous work on cellphilms and
establishes an argument for the social value that cellphilms play and their
attendant social impacts. What becomes important is not so much their
comparative aesthetic qualities, but what these qualities mean for their users
and the social contexts. The article discusses aesthetics based on eary
cellphimes such as Shane, Trains, Pussy G’awn Crazy, and Aryan Kaganof’s
SMS Sugar Man.