Traumatising States: Film Reflects Dysfunction

How dysfunction, abuse, drugs, gambling, war, suicide etc are depicted through the moving image. Argues that artists are able to tease out psychic and emotional states and present them in ways which are not spectacularised as entertainment for a consumerist culture. Examines particular examples to support his argument. Refer to artists list.

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Explores the links between film and computer generated games which emulate life. With the creation of artificial intelligence on the computer, complex questions of the nature of human behaviour are raised. Science fiction confronts issues of intelligence and sentience.

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Laughing and Killing: The Guilty Pleasures of Anime

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Reconstructing Identity in Post-Apartheid South Africa

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Age and Consent: Ella Dreyfus

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Naming and Reclaiming: The Searching Eye of Pam Lofts

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Angela Stewart: Three Women

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Sorties into the City: The art of Elmer Borlongan and Emmanuel Garibay

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Decrepitude in Venice

Report about the 48th Venice Biennale 1999. Discusses works by various artists as the Millennium approaches: Sergei Bugarev, Thomas Hirschorn, Jean-Pierre Bertrand, Federica Thiene, Stephanie Mantovani, Dieter Roth and Louise Bourgeois. Focus on disintegration in the city of Venice.

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