FILM 3660 1nd Edition Lecture 1Outline of Last Lecture N/AOutline of Current Lecture I. Review of Hirshhorn’s article:II. 24/7 – Crary:III. The PostmodernIV. Criteria of Crary/The PostmodernCurrent Lecture:Review of Hirshhorn’s article:- Ruin of traditional separation- Modernity blends inside and outside - No difference between inside and outside.- The contemporary mind (inside) is not safe – the safe space of your brain is cluttered with trash. Trash= memories that are NOT your own. Sleep and dreams have been colonized by economic rationality. Sleep is being squeezed out of our lives so we become constantly productive: adaptation to 24/7 world.24/7 – Crary:24/7 World is the idea that NOTHING is your own, post modern is equal to productive consumerism. You become uncomfortable with any aspect of your life that you can’t integrate into digital media. This addiction to integration into the media…WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT HOW IN CONTROL YOU ARE OF YOUR LIFE? Sleep is last natural barrier of control. If you can’t keep up with the world you cannot escape being a disposable human being. If you can’t keep up with 24/7 then you are trash.We are not separate inside space, its just another piece of the inside world.The PostmodernThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.The postmodern may be the end of visions, hallucinations, dreams, daydreams, distractions andthis is problematic because we cannot in vision a world that we would rather live in. Creativity, uniqueness, specialness is under assault.Creation begins with recycle, readymade already given to you ideas. All artists are working with the loss of creativity. Criteria of Crary/The Postmodern1) LIFE AND INSTITUTION: no such thing as human life separated from institution. We are always asked to be compatible with the institution we are in a relationship with.2) 24/7 is the bid for control over sensory and perceptual experience.3) LIVING ORGAN DONOR: Your organs already belong to people outside of you, eyes to screens, brain reformatted.4) Be careful of the illusion of individualism. Is there an origin of power? – We are all sinking, no
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