event
23
feb '24
until mar 8
A series of screenings and discussions on ecology, environment and cinema
A series of screenings and discussions on ecology, environment and cinema
This three-part program aims to explore anxieties surrounding human-animal relations, as depicted in 20th-century genre-fiction movies. We will watch and discuss three films together, each selected to represent specific anxieties expressed through cinema, either directly or metaphorically. Each session is open to all students, staff, graduates and friends of Sandberg and Rietveld.
In our first screening, Becoming-Animal: The Fly (1986), we delve into the age-old fear of bodily transformation, exploring what it means to imagine ourselves devolving into lowly beasts. For our second screening, Fear the Swarm: The Birds (1963), we examine how anxieties surrounding the masses, against the backdrop of the Cold War, influenced horror and sci-fi tropes related to swarms. Finally, with Creature Features: THEM! (1959), we explore how gigantic animals in cinema symbolise anxieties around harmful human activities, embodying fears of ecological backlash.
Organised by Callum Copley, Sandberg alumnus and assistant researcher.
Organised by Callum Copley, Sandberg alumnus and assistant researcher.
