Farocki, the Gesture that Resists. On The Inextinguishable Fire and Respite

Authors

  • Melissa Mutchinick Instituto en Producción y Enseñanza del Arte Argentino y Latinoamericano. Facultad de Bellas Artes. Universidad Nacional de La Plata

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/2525085Xe004

Keywords:

Harun Farocki, essay-film, documentary, resistance, archive

Abstract

The cinema of Harun Farocki demands a critical look on the image and its effects of meaning. A theoretical reflection on the status of the image, the symbolic violence that can exert on the victims as well as their power. In this article we propose to investigate, through his films The Inextinguishable Fire (1969) and Respite (2003), certain gestures in which the German filmmaker puts in tension and examines the uses of the image to be constituted as forms of resistance and critical intervention to audio-visual discourses.

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Published

2019-08-17

How to Cite

Mutchinick, M. (2019). Farocki, the Gesture that Resists. On The Inextinguishable Fire and Respite. Arkadin, (8), e004. https://doi.org/10.24215/2525085Xe004

Issue

No. 8 (2019): Arkadin 8

Section

Tema central

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