Episode 12 - Entertainment as Catharsis

The Mirror

Following a free-form narrative thread centred around our seeking of pleasure and catharsis within entertainment, Episode 12 of The Mirror is the strongest manifesto yet of my beliefs about art, the current cultural and material conditions we find ourselves in, and the alternatives available to us. I speak about the political cooptation of art by commercial interests, and the way this limits our imagination of the forms that art can take, as well as how our lives have become completely mediated by the frictionless fantasies offered to us by the Internet. Touching on the film work of Bela Tarr and Michael Haneke, which form a counterpoint to the dominant commercial format and language of Hollywood Cinema, I return to the necessity of needing to develop your own craft, beyond the reach and influence of the monoculture.

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The Mirror looks at cultural production through a critical and philosophical lens, emphasising the importance of historical understanding, deep reflection, and true situational awareness for developing higher levels of craftsmanship and discipline in artistic practice.

Episode Links:

• How TV Became Respectable Without Getting Better - Matt Christman (Current Affairs)
• Forward Left: An Interview with Matt Christman of Chapo Trap House - Lucy Schiller (Counterpunch)
• The Turin Horse - Bela Tarr (2011) - Complete Film
• Funny Games - Michael Haneke (1997) - Complete Film

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