By evoking the Mechanical Turk, a fake chess playing machine devised in the late 18th century, Sanborn addresses the problematic relationship between art and technology. The deliberate anachronism offers a vantage point for questioning authorship in a digital culture, where technology remains either hidden or plays an overly prominent role.
Also in this combined programme
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What Is an Apparatus?
A slightly ludicrous collection of tales illustrated by shots of nuclear submarines, postmodern architecture, robots, scrapyards and supermarkets. &nb -
Little Doorways to Paths Not Yet Taken
An intimate exploration of a studio, cluttered with all sorts of technological paraphernalia, presents an indirect portrait of the composer Laurie Spi -
The World
The Man Who Fell to Earth, pared down and flipped. Animals, furniture and empty vehicles are left awaiting disaster in abandoned landscapes. -
The Great Silence
Arecibo, the world’s largest radio telescope is located in Esperanza, Puerto Rico, which is also home to a critically endangered species of parr
Film details
- Countries of production
- France, United Kingdom, USA
- Year
- 2017
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2017
- Length
- 4'
- Medium/Format
- File