Dear Frameworkers, I am writing you to ask if you could indicate me some films that are connected to the concept of the anthropocene (the geological time when the activity of the human species started to have a significant impact on the living system of planet earth).
I am giving a workshop in Finland end January about cinema in the anthropocene. The concept is not so much about how to narrate the anthropocene (i.e. classical narrative in a new cultural framework) than about trying to tell stories or represent life from a point-of-view that is not anthropocentric: a point of view that rethinks or goes beyond the dualism between human and non-human agency. In simple words, as absurd as it sounds, is it possible to make films from the point of view of non-human agents? (even if, in the end, humans made them) A couple of examples that come to my mind are “Leviathan” by Castaing-Taylor, “Intrepid Shadows”, the Navajo film made by Alfred Clah which presents an animistic view of life, but this is a short list... I am trying to avoid films that somehow merge humans with mother earth, like in some shots of Tarkovski or Malick, and any romanticizing of system earth. Any suggestions would be great! Many thanks, Marco Poloni -- Marco Poloni http://www.theanalogueislandbureau.net Usedomer Strasse 8 D – 13355 Berlin gsm de +49.163.6294080 gsm ch +41.78.6322028 skype marcopoloni _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
