Latenzzeit: Bilder in der Corona-Pandemie

A visible danger can be fought or avoided, but not the Corona virus. It is invisible, yet it is there and thus causes tension. In this situation, the desire to lift the veil of invisibility in order to give the danger a shape and end the latency period meets the anthropologically anchored need for images. For the latency of the corona virus influences the process of imagining, which is also latent. As a result, humans create external images for common communication. Alexander Schneider presents this image process from the perspective of visual communication research and art education. His exemplary analyses of press images and drawings by children and adolescents touch on questions of cultural and mental history as well as educational policy.