Tecmerin. Journal of Audiovisual Essays
Jesse Barker (University of Aberdeen) – 04:30
Most people who see Spike Jonze’s film Her (2013) do not notice any particular connection to Buddhism. The film’s existential themes come into sharper focus, however, when we discover the Buddhist framework beneath the surface of this futuristic indie romance.
Keywords: Spike Jonze; Buddhism; Her; Modernism; Philosophy
Andrés Sanjurjo García (Universitat Pompeu Fabra / Universidade da Coruña) – 04:30
Navigating between the film and domestic archives, Piola reflects on the place of the filmmaker as a producer in terms of class struggle.
Keywords: Poor, pay, relations of production, archive, Marx
Scissors, glue and other machines: The materiality of the Prague zine scene in the post-digital era
Miloš Hroch & Nico Carpentier (Charles University) – 04:30
This video essay studies the role of the material in four Prague-based zines; alternative media produced using scissors, glue and other machines. The study of subcultures (and zines) has been traditionally focused on their meanings, but this video essay argues for paying more attention to the material as material. The argument finds support in the concept of post-digital and the model of the discursive-material knot.
Keywords: Prague, Zines, Material, Post-digital, Discursive
Citizens May Laugh: Latinx Comedy and the Politics of Documented Migration
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez (University of Texas at Dallas) –04:30
What is funny about immigration applications? This audiovisual essay looks into the politics of representing the bureaucratic process of migration in three U.S. Latinx comedy series.
Keywords: Television; Comedy; Latinx; Immigration; TV Genres
From the Archive
Unidentified Animated Cinema: Pablo Llorens’ Pioneering Clay Work
Historically, Spain has been one of the forerunners in different animation techniques. It is worth mentioning the role played by claymation, a stop-motion technique made with a malleable substance, typically plasticine. The artist Pablo Llorens (Alcoy, 1967) has been one of its main promoters and is undoubtedly its key exponent. Indeed, he directed the first feature film with this technique, has obtained two Goya awards for this type of productions and has contributed to gather interest from a new generation of clay animators who have followed his footsteps and keep this art alive.
Mercedes Álvarez San Román (UC3M)
Tecmerin. Journal of Audiovisual Essays
ISSN: 2659-4269
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