Peter Snowdon
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Idiocy and non-violence
It's interesting that, as Tanya and Tina point out, so many commentators see NekNomination as idiotic, when it belongs, surely, in a long tradition of much nobler, or at least less irrational, modern spectacles in which (particularly) men passively a ... -
resistance
Tanya, thanks for making the connection with Brinkema's ideas about the "affect of form". That's something I should definitely look into. When I talk about resistance as part of the 'texture' of the video, I'm thinking o ... -
As dead as...
Thank you for this April. Even though I have to say, I find this video almost unwatchable. While I see what Tanya means about the verbal repetition of the word "rape", what struck me is how often the main subject of the video says "dead&quo ... -
THE POSITION OF THE VIEWER
Thanks Tanya. I'm also wondering whether this clip is differently unwatchable from different viewer positions? That is, I wondered if I found the main subject's riffing on death and rape differently, or specifically, unbearable, as a man, i.e. a ... -
calling into question
Matt, thanks for these questions. I'll just address one for now: the way in which the most powerfully moving documents may also be the least documentary (cf what Tanya says below about affect as a property of form, not content). In the case of Syria, ...