The MILAN MACHINIMA FESTIVAL may be over, but machinima keeps growing and evolving pretty much everywhere.
Curated by Andrew Michael Davis, La Filmoteca Española introduced a new program titled La imagen renacida, which
"explora los profundos cambios en la cultura audiovisual del siglo XXI y el papel del cine como parte integral de ello. Desde los 90, los avances tecnológicos han propiciado importantes cambios tanto en la producción como en la distribución del cine, pero quizás donde mas se haya notado esta revolución sea en el rol del espectador frente a la pantalla. Donde antaño el público se quedaba quieto en la oscuridad de la sala, ahora es protagonista y participante activo en la cultura visual que le rodea. Cada uno de nosotros cuenta hoy con un archivo de imágenes de nuestras propias vidas y herramientas para editarlas, así como acceso a miles de películas, juegos, vídeos o redes sociales, y nos movemos por ciudades atestadas de pantallas. Es un entorno audiovisual que arrastra al cine, incluso a su pesar, hacia un futuro imprevisible y plural."
["explores the profound changes in the audiovisual culture of the 21st century and the role of cinema as an integral part of it. Since the 1990s, technological advances have brought about important changes in both the production and distribution of films, but perhaps where this revolution has been most noticeable is in the role of the spectator in front of the screen. Where once the audience stood still in the darkness of the cinema, now they are protagonists and active participants in the visual culture that surrounds them. Today, each of us has an image archive of our own lives and tools to edit them, as well as access to thousands of films, games, videos or social networks, and we move around screen-crowded cities. It is an audiovisual environment that is dragging the cinema, even reluctantly, into an unpredictable and pluralistic future.]
Currently on display is the second part of a monograph on Canadian artist Jon Rafman:
Poor Magic (Jon Rafman, 2017) Canadá. 7’
Dream Journals (Jon Rafman, 2016-2019) Canadá. VOSE 18’
Disasters Under The Sun (Jon Rafman, 2019) Canadá. 8’
All artworks are subtitled in Spanish.
LINK: Filmoteca Española
