From the Avant-Garde to the Post-Modern (360-0-20)

Topic

Inextinguishable Fire

Instructors

Stephen P Reinke
640 Lincoln St., Evanston Campus

Domietta Torlasco
847/491-8269
1860 S. Campus Drive, Crowe Hall #2-131

Meeting Info

Kresge Centennial Hall 2-435: Mon 5:00PM - 7:50PM

Overview of class

Did Godard understand Brecht? Perhaps Godard, in the end, was merely Godard. But Farocki understood Brecht and Godard and extended their work through films (documentary, essay, activist), installations and writings. He also understood contemporary Italian thinkers (Negri, Lazzarato, Virno) and their radical approach to labor, life, and creativity. In an incredibly large and varied body of work produced from the 1960s to the 2010s Farocki addressed two principal subjects: the practices of labor and the production of images. When we experience this work, multiple lines of flight open up. What is an image? How do images shape our subjectivities, our social and political systems?

Class Attributes

Literature & Fine Arts Distro Area