Collective Memory, Collective TraumaMain MenuDisturbances in the Theoretical FieldExcavating Cultural MemoryNew Directions for Archaeological CinemaTowards an Ontology of Animated DocumentaryAnimating the UnrepresentableWorks CitedJennifer Smartebce7f4d0c3f51cd2375c611f07f1557f9c89075
Projecting Held's photograph
12017-04-23T13:28:39-07:00Jennifer Smartebce7f4d0c3f51cd2375c611f07f1557f9c89075177322plain2017-04-23T13:34:33-07:00Jennifer Smartebce7f4d0c3f51cd2375c611f07f1557f9c89075The film first presents Held's photograph in a format which reinscribes its analog origins, emphasizing tactile qualities like the blurring of the slide projector or the grain on the slides. These speak to the photographic image's place in authoritative historical discourse, and it's association with objective truth. In reality, of course, these are all digitally-reconstructed elements with no tangible referent whatsoever.
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12017-04-23T13:23:08-07:00Jennifer Smartebce7f4d0c3f51cd2375c611f07f1557f9c89075This is Civilization1The Middle East is facing a crisis of perception. Decades of conflict after protracted conflict has led much of the western world to view the entire region as a war ...plain2017-04-23T13:23:08-07:00YouTube2016-10-12T22:35:34.000Z-nSUciEmveALehenJennifer Smartebce7f4d0c3f51cd2375c611f07f1557f9c89075
