e-flux Journal #32
<p>The films of Adam Curtis—a BBC journalist by vocation, but a filmmaker and information archeologist in practice—appear as conspiracy theories wrapped in historical facts wrapped in social desires. These films remind us that dominant historical narratives are not only subject to rewriting but also sites of intense confusion, ideology, and intrigue. By fusing together narrative and reportage, Curtis’s films enter an ecstatic and playful sphere where themes of power, coercion, technology, morality, and freedom assume a life of their own. This issue of <em>e-flux journal</em> features a rare in-depth interview with Curtis by Hans Ulrich Obrist, coinciding with the filmmaker’s first exhibition in his career, on view at e-flux in New York from February 11–April 14, 2012…</p> <p><b>Editorial</b><br /> Julieta Aranda, Aaron Schuster, Anton Vidokle, Brian Kuan Wood</p> <p><b>In Conversation with Adam Curtis, Part I</b><br /> Hans Ulrich Obrist</p> <p><b>Sexual Difference and Ontology</b><br /> Alenka Zupančič</p> <p><b>Hegel versus Heidegger</b><br /> Slavoj Žižek</p> <p><b>The Spam of the Earth: Withdrawal from Representation </b><br /> Hito Steyerl</p> <p><b>Notes on the Inorganic, Part II: Terminal Velocity</b><br /> Gean Moreno</p>
Editors: Julieta Aranda, Brian Kuan Wood, Anton Vidokle, Aaron Schuster
Contributors: Julieta Aranda, Brian Kuan Wood, Anton Vidokle, Aaron Schuster, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Alenka Zupančič, Slavoj Žižek, Hito Steyerl, Gean Moreno
Part of: e-flux journal
ISSN: 21641625