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Homerepresentation
Thursday, May 25
8:00 pm – 8:20 pm (CEST)
Drawing on the works of Ernst Jünger and Edgardo Cozarinsky’s La Guerre d’un Seul Homme, Martin Heredero Campo explores how technology affects the way of seeing in both cinema and philosophy, arguing that the challenge posed by those first cameras in the WWI trenches persists today, requiring an even newer anthropology.
Friday, May 26
2:40 pm – 3:00 pm (CEST)
What does the face signify in terms of phenomenology and film? How does it transform into an icon? When does the excess become visible? Can we argue that these film representations are not solely concerned with replication? Alexandra Okanovic seeks answers in cinema—art form most often criticized for its representational nature and perceived imitation of reality.
Friday, May 26
3:00 pm – 3:20 pm (CEST)
In “The Language of Film,” Nemanja Mićić explores film as yet another story-making medium, and argues for a move beyond the hermeneutic principle of “merging of horizons” (Horizontverschmelzung) toward Geschichtenverschmelzung, “merging of stories.”
Friday, May 26
5:00 pm – 5:20 pm (CEST)
Comparing three 2022 films (She Said, Women Talking, and Tár), Russell J.A. Kilbourn argues that they exemplify a new type of apotropaic feminist-posthumanist cinema which critiques anthropocentrism while challenging conventional cinematic tropes about women and violence through sound, off-screen space, and editing.