The digital film event / Trinh T. Minh-ha.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trinh, T. Minh-Ha (Thi Minh-Ha), 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trinh, T. Minh-Ha (Thi Minh-Ha), 1952---Interviews.

Trinh, T. Minh-Ha (Thi Minh-Ha), 1952-.

Motion pictures--Philosophy.

Technology--Psychological aspects.

Technology--Social aspects.

Fourth dimension (Motion picture : 2001).

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

x, 215 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Fourth dimension.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2005.

Summary:

Endless travel in cyberspace, virtual reality, and the dream of limitless speed: technology changes our sense of self. In this new book, Trinh Minh-ha explores the way technology transforms our perception of reality. "We are all engaged in social rituals in our daily activities, she writes, "and by remaining unaware of their artistic ritual propensity, we remain 'in conformity'." Her goal, as a thinker and an artist, is to transform our understanding of technology and speed so that we are able to "turn an instrument into a creative tool and to step out of the one-dimensional, technologically servile mind." The paradox that "stillness contains speed within it" is central to Trinh's concept of the digital apparatus. With her signature amalgam of feminism, Eastern philosophy, and practical understanding of filmmaking, Trinh Minhha will present a much-needed advance in our concept of the real in a technological age.

Contents:

Includes screenplay for The fourth dimension.

Notes:

Includes filmography: page [ix].

ISBN:

0415972256

0415972248

OCLC:

61106473

Publisher Number:

9780415972253 9780972253

9780415972246