Images of the unimaginable: Imaginary Media and Digital Technology in Cinema

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Autor(a) principal: Pérez, Fernando
Data de Publicação: 2023
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Terra Roxa e Outras Terras: Revista de Estudos Literários
Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/terraroxa/article/view/47037
Resumo: Throughout its history, cinema has constantly incorporated images of of itself as a medium and of other media, either those that precede it (such as painting and photography) or those that are contemporaneous with it (video or TV). After a revision of how those images are articulated starting from what Huhtamo has called “media tropes”, this essay explores how several films feature images of imaginary media that are characterized by their immediacy (in Bolter & Grusin’s sense), by their dangerous effects on users’ consciousness and by the way in which they blur the limits between media, body, and subjectivity. The films that will be analyzed are Douglas Trumbull’s Project Brainstorm, Wim Wenders’ Until the End of the World, Kathryn Bigelow’s Strange Days, David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ, and Lisa Joy’s Reminiscence. These fictions are read as attempts to articulate in visual terms the impact of digital media on subjectivity, culture, and other media absorbed by it, such as cinema.
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spelling Images of the unimaginable: Imaginary Media and Digital Technology in CinemaImágenes de lo inimaginable: medios imaginarios y tecnología digital en el cineImágenes de lo inimaginable: medios imaginarios y tecnología digital en el cinecinemédios imagináriostecnología digitalcinemamídias imagináriastecnologia digitalCinemaImaginary MediaDigital technologyThroughout its history, cinema has constantly incorporated images of of itself as a medium and of other media, either those that precede it (such as painting and photography) or those that are contemporaneous with it (video or TV). After a revision of how those images are articulated starting from what Huhtamo has called “media tropes”, this essay explores how several films feature images of imaginary media that are characterized by their immediacy (in Bolter & Grusin’s sense), by their dangerous effects on users’ consciousness and by the way in which they blur the limits between media, body, and subjectivity. The films that will be analyzed are Douglas Trumbull’s Project Brainstorm, Wim Wenders’ Until the End of the World, Kathryn Bigelow’s Strange Days, David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ, and Lisa Joy’s Reminiscence. These fictions are read as attempts to articulate in visual terms the impact of digital media on subjectivity, culture, and other media absorbed by it, such as cinema.Durante su historia, el cine constantemente ha incorporado imágenes de los medios que lo anteceden (pintura, fotografía), de sí mismo como medio y de otros medios contemporáneos posteriores con los que coexiste (video, televisión). Luego de una revisión de cómo se articulan esas imágenes de imágenes a partir de la noción de tropos mediales de Huhtamo, este trabajo se propone abordar la aparición en diversas películas de medios imaginarios que se caracterizan por su inmediatez (en el sentido de Bolter & Grusin), por sus efectos peligrosos sobre la conciencia del usuario y por el modo en que difuminan las fronteras entre dispositivos mediales, cuerpo y subjetividad. Las películas estudiadas incluyen Poryecto Brainstorm, de Douglas Trumbull; Días extraños, de Kathryn Bigelow; Hasta el fin del mundo, de Wim Wenders;  eXistenZ, de David Cronenberg; y Reminiscence, de Lisa Joy. Este trabajo propone leer estas ficciones sobre medios imaginarios como intentos de articular el impacto de los medios digitales sobre la subjetividad, la cultura y sobre otros medios a los que absorbe, como el propio cine.    Durante su historia, el cine constantemente ha incorporado imágenes de los medios que lo anteceden (pintura, fotografía), de sí mismo como medio y de otros medios contemporáneos posteriores con los que coexiste (video, televisión). Luego de una revisión de cómo se articulan esas imágenes de imágenes a partir de la noción de tropos mediales de Huhtamo, este trabajo se propone abordar la aparición en diversas películas de medios imaginarios que se caracterizan por su inmediatez (en el sentido de Bolter & Grusin), por sus efectos peligrosos sobre la conciencia del usuario y por el modo en que difuminan las fronteras entre dispositivos mediales, cuerpo y subjetividad. Las películas estudiadas incluyen Poryecto Brainstorm, de Douglas Trumbull; Días extraños, de Kathryn Bigelow; Hasta el fin del mundo, de Wim Wenders;  eXistenZ, de David Cronenberg; y Reminiscence, de Lisa Joy. Este trabajo propone leer estas ficciones sobre medios imaginarios como intentos de articular el impacto de los medios digitales sobre la subjetividad, la cultura y sobre otros medios a los que absorbe, como el propio cine.Programa de Pós-graduação em Letras2023-06-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/terraroxa/article/view/4703710.5433/1678-2054.2023vol43n1p67Terra Roxa e Outras Terras: Revista de Estudos Literários; Vol. 43 No. 1 (2023): Literature and Technoculture; 67Terra Roxa e Outras Terras: Revista de Estudos Literários; Vol. 43 Núm. 1 (2023): Literatura y Tecnocultura; 67Terra Roxa e Outras Terras: Revista de Estudos Literários; v. 43 n. 1 (2023): Literatura e Tecnocultura; 671678-2054reponame:Terra Roxa e Outras Terras: Revista de Estudos Literáriosinstname:Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)instacron:UELporhttps://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/terraroxa/article/view/47037/48954Copyright (c) 2023 Fernando Pérezhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.pt_BRinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPérez, Fernando2023-06-08T20:03:07Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/47037Revistahttp://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/terraroxa/indexPUBhttps://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/terraroxa/oaiterraroxa.uel@gmail.com1678-20541678-2054opendoar:2023-06-08T20:03:07Terra Roxa e Outras Terras: Revista de Estudos Literários - Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)false
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Imágenes de lo inimaginable: medios imaginarios y tecnología digital en el cine
Imágenes de lo inimaginable: medios imaginarios y tecnología digital en el cine
title Images of the unimaginable: Imaginary Media and Digital Technology in Cinema
spellingShingle Images of the unimaginable: Imaginary Media and Digital Technology in Cinema
Pérez, Fernando
cine
médios imaginários
tecnología digital
cinema
mídias imaginárias
tecnologia digital
Cinema
Imaginary Media
Digital technology
title_short Images of the unimaginable: Imaginary Media and Digital Technology in Cinema
title_full Images of the unimaginable: Imaginary Media and Digital Technology in Cinema
title_fullStr Images of the unimaginable: Imaginary Media and Digital Technology in Cinema
title_full_unstemmed Images of the unimaginable: Imaginary Media and Digital Technology in Cinema
title_sort Images of the unimaginable: Imaginary Media and Digital Technology in Cinema
author Pérez, Fernando
author_facet Pérez, Fernando
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pérez, Fernando
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv cine
médios imaginários
tecnología digital
cinema
mídias imaginárias
tecnologia digital
Cinema
Imaginary Media
Digital technology
topic cine
médios imaginários
tecnología digital
cinema
mídias imaginárias
tecnologia digital
Cinema
Imaginary Media
Digital technology
description Throughout its history, cinema has constantly incorporated images of of itself as a medium and of other media, either those that precede it (such as painting and photography) or those that are contemporaneous with it (video or TV). After a revision of how those images are articulated starting from what Huhtamo has called “media tropes”, this essay explores how several films feature images of imaginary media that are characterized by their immediacy (in Bolter & Grusin’s sense), by their dangerous effects on users’ consciousness and by the way in which they blur the limits between media, body, and subjectivity. The films that will be analyzed are Douglas Trumbull’s Project Brainstorm, Wim Wenders’ Until the End of the World, Kathryn Bigelow’s Strange Days, David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ, and Lisa Joy’s Reminiscence. These fictions are read as attempts to articulate in visual terms the impact of digital media on subjectivity, culture, and other media absorbed by it, such as cinema.
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