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Quote by Dziga Vertov
I am kino-eye, I am a mechanical eye.
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The speaker describes vision as a “kino-eye” and a “mechanical eye”: not a human eye, but a camera-like way of seeing. The comparison suggests an eye that records and observes through machinery, presenting the world through what a device can capture.
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- University of Washington-hosted edition of *Dziga Vertov: Articles, Addresses*
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- Official Statement
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