*c-lab 3.0 Screening Talk

My Room, Row *c

To kick-off *c-lab 3.0, we offered an opportunity for participants to view and converse on the film Fatigue Society(Isabella Gresser, 2015) – a philosophical reflection on the various symptoms that characterize contemporary society. Instead of presenting an expert’s opinion, the program encouraged the audiences to interpret and discuss the screening experience. My Room, Row *c began by discussing the contemporary issues and problems faced by Korea as shown in the film, segueing into a dialogue on the physical and mental symptoms that individuals experience, such as fatigue, anxiety, and exhaustion. The participants collaboratively sought ways to embrace such challenges in their lives.

SCHEDULE

15:00 - 16:00   Film (2015) Screening 

16:00 - 17:00   Open Discussion & Dialogue

FILM : Fatigue Society, 2015, 61min

The essay film about the German philosopher Byung-Chul Han encircles the phenomenon of fatigue in our capitalistic societies and its associated symptoms such as depression and burnout. It raises the question of how we want to live today, and what we can oppose to the pressure of an achievement-oriented digital society. 

DIRECTOR : Isabella Gresser

Isabella Gresser works across media and forms. She studied with Marina Abramović and her works have been shown internationally in the context of art and film. Her multilayered videos and installations combine video, found-footage, drawings, and photographs with text passages from literature, philosophy or poetry. The experimental poetic work is characterized by an emphasis on research and critical theory and the linking of culture-theoretical and philosophical aspects of the West and the Far East.

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