Conjuring ghosts banal and intimate in speculative reconstructions of disappeared historical narratives, these films interrogate both ephemerality and endurance. Juxtaposing personal and sociopolitical layers, the Poor Image (no matter how quotidian or forsaken) illuminates neglected pasts, embodied presents, and potential futures.
A travelog through the familiar and unfamiliar terrain of digital landscapes. Pairing 16mm footage of computer desktop backgrounds with soundscapes of sites of technological extraction – precious metal mining, smelting foundries, microprocessing plants, and data farms – this project excavates and examines the geological and geographical sites that produce our virtual worlds.
- Year2023
- Runtime10 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorEmily Apter, Elijah Stevens
Conjuring ghosts banal and intimate in speculative reconstructions of disappeared historical narratives, these films interrogate both ephemerality and endurance. Juxtaposing personal and sociopolitical layers, the Poor Image (no matter how quotidian or forsaken) illuminates neglected pasts, embodied presents, and potential futures.
A travelog through the familiar and unfamiliar terrain of digital landscapes. Pairing 16mm footage of computer desktop backgrounds with soundscapes of sites of technological extraction – precious metal mining, smelting foundries, microprocessing plants, and data farms – this project excavates and examines the geological and geographical sites that produce our virtual worlds.
- Year2023
- Runtime10 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorEmily Apter, Elijah Stevens