Abstract
The author declares his intention to defend the concept of distance and explore how much weight it can carry, using the visual arts as his material. We can flip the postmodern deconstruction of the distanced (the "objective") view and speak of the plurality of modernities, and of perceivers not as consumers, but rather as potential distanced observers (J.
Ganeri). Distance eliminates the concept of affect, which likewise abolishes the distinction between consumer and (distanced) observer.