July 12th - 16th 2010
deSingel / Antwerp

by Elke and Bart


An exercise in concrete and detailed analysis, the construction of an argument and in critical discussion. In this workshop we analyze horror movies. How does the mechanism of terror functions in these movies and which are its disguises? How do we deal with our instant emotional (moral) reaction in our discussion? Where does art starts and exploitation ends? What is the place of horror in our lives?  One of the distinguishing features of modern life is that it supplies countless opportunities for regarding (at a distance, through the medium of film, photography, the net) horrors taking place in the real or in fantasized worlds. Images of atrocities have become, via the screens of the television and the computer, a commonplace. What is this fascination with the depiction of cruelty? Is our perception of reality eroded by the barrage of such images or do they just make us happy that we are alive? Not for the weak of heart!




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