Tag: Post human

Werner Herzog: Cave of Forgotten Dreams

One of the joys of being on the MFA is the seemingly never-ending range of sources of inspiration. Regular film screenings are running and I was fortunate to catch ‘Cave of Forgotten Dreams’ (‘Cave’). I had seen other Herzog work a while ago, the documentary series dealing with Death Row, the Enigma of Caspar Hauser… Read More →

Envisioning digital afterlife: The Final Cut & Be Back Soon (Black Mirror)

“Is this him? Yes, this is him.” A Zoe chip is handed to the Cutter (scene from The Final Cut) Through my wider research several recommendations have come up recently for moving image representations of digital afterlife. I have now watched two in this genre ‘The Final Cut’ (Dir: Omar Naim) and ‘Be Right Back’… Read More →