synopsis
This experimental video, divided into three chapters, presents a cacotopic vision of society “dragging its feet” into the 21st century. Enter a dystopia where technology pervades the most intimate corners of the human mind and renders interpersonal contact obsolete, resulting in alienation, isolation, and extinction. The video’s bleak tone is underscored by primitive computer graphics and a shot featuring all white noise, in which the last traces of the human illusion are lost.
biography
Max Almy (* 1948) is an American artist who works with video, radio, and computer animation. The focus of her work lies in the criticism of consumerism and mass media culture, in which she subversively makes use of TV and advertisement materials.
more about film
Film at festival
| premiere type: | Czech Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2022 |
| section: | Fascinations: Progress |
| language: | French, German, English |
| subtitles: | No Subtitle |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Max Almy |
| original title: | Leaving the 20th Century |
| country: | United States |
| year: | 1982 |
| running time: | 10 min. |
