Politik Estetika Setelah Screenlife dan Desktop Documentary

The representation process of physical reality questions the fundamental shift in our relationship with reality, where reality is no longer presented in front of the camera, but represented on the screen instead. Recent post-optical or post-cinematic films, which seem to abandon the process of “transferring reality from the object to its reproduction” (André Bazin), spark discourse on the role of representation and politics. Post-optical documentaries do not seek to represent reality anymore.

This session seeks to formulate and process questions about representation and politics that have gained new relevance after the emergence of screenlife and desktop documentaries, with reference to Jacques Rancière’s reflections on aesthetic politics and his thesis that what distinguishes documentary films from fiction films is that they “do not treat the real as an effect to be produced, but as a fact to be understood.”

Language of Introduction
Bahasa Indonesia, English

Speakers
Afrian Purnama (Critics, Art Researcher)
Min Seong Kim (Lecturer, Researcher)

Moderator
Valencia Winata

Partner
Fakultas Ilmu Religi dan Budaya, Univ. Sanata Dharma