A Short Film about War was featured in a e-flux screening in New York. The screening, Against War: Farocki’s Activist Legacy from Vietnam to Today, a curated selection of films that engage critically with the themes of war, militarization, and the power of moving images in shaping public discourse. The films address conflicts from the Vietnam War to contemporary crises, exploring the legacy of Farocki’s unique methods in critiquing war and its machine through the language of cinema. Curated by Zachary B. Feldman and co-presented by Goethe-Institut New York and e-flux Screening Room.

Against War: Farocki’s Activist Legacy from Vietnam to Today

November 7, 2024, 7pm
172 Classon Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
USA

Join us at e-flux Screening Room on Thursday, November 7 at 7 pm for Against War: Farocki’s Activist Legacy from Vietnam to Today, a curated selection of films that engage critically with the themes of war, militarization, and the power of moving images in shaping public discourse. This screening spotlights works by artists and filmmakers who extend and reinterpret Harun Farocki’s activist approach, using the film medium to question the politics of representation and the ethics of visualizing violence. The films address conflicts from the Vietnam War to contemporary crises, exploring the legacy of Farocki’s unique methods in critiquing war and its machine through the language of cinema.

This screening includes moving-image works by Jill Godmilow, Harun Farocki, Irena Vrkljan, Miranda Pennell, Forensic Architecture, Thomson & Craighead, and Total Refusal.

Thomson & Craighead, A Short Film About War (2010, 10 minutes)
A virtual journey through global war zones, this film uses found digital imagery and text to explore how war is represented online. It reflects on the ways in which digital platforms mediate public understandings of modern warfare.

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/38467