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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809211803321

Autore

Trinh T. Minh-Ha (Thi Minh-Ha), <1952->

Titolo

The digital film event / / Trinh T. Minh-ha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-136-08994-2

0-203-03607-7

1-283-83875-3

1-136-08986-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Disciplina

302.231

791.43/0233/092

791.430233092

Soggetti

Digital cinematography

Motion pictures - Philosophy

Technology - Psychological aspects

Technology - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes filmography: p. [ix].

Nota di contenuto

Cover; THE DIGITAL FILM EVENT; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS, FILMOGRAPHY AND DISTRIBUTION; PART I TECHNOLOGY'S RITUALS; STILL SPEED; TIMESURFING; THE CYBORG'S HAND: CARE OR CONTROL?; WHEN THE EYE FRAMES RED; TIME PATHS; PART II THE FOURTH DIMENSION; FILMSCRIPT; PART III JAPAN: Alterity and the Image Effect; "WHY THE FORM COUNTS": OF HOST AND GUEST; INAPPROPRIATE/D ARTIFICIALITY; TRAVELING (IN) TIME; THE DOOR OF RHYTHM; IS FEMINISM DEAD?; PART IV INSTALLATIONS; NOTHING BUT WAYS: Installation; THE PAGE SCREEN CANVAS

SECESSION EXHIBITION: VIENNA, AUSTRIA, MARCH 8-APRIL 22, 2001BETWEEN TWO; THE DESERT IS WATCHING

Sommario/riassunto

Endless travel in cyberspace, virtual reality, and the dream of limitless speed: technology changes our sense of self. In her new book, Trinh Minh-ha explores the way technology transforms our perception of



reality. ""We are all engaged in social rituals in our daily activities, she writes, ""and by remaining unaware of their artistic ritual propensity, we remain 'in conformity'.""  Her goal, as a thinker and an artist, is to transform our understanding of technology and speed so that we are able to ""turn an instrument into a creative tool and to step out of the one-dimensional, techn