tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942458087666977269.post1387234943691445971..comments2024-02-05T06:32:20.199+00:00Comments on entschwindet und vergeht: Bill Morrison - DecasiaMurphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11658628800390775081noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942458087666977269.post-19274191457086019322008-09-10T19:28:00.000+01:002008-09-10T19:28:00.000+01:00Morrison selectively chose footage that depicted h...<EM>Morrison selectively chose footage that depicted humans engaging in defiantly productive acts, dancing, training, exercising, orating, etc. There are no tears and no mawkish imagery, the point being to stress the disappearance inherent to every last moment of presence.</EM><BR/><BR/>Ah, I haven't seen <EM>Decasia</EM>, but that makes it sound more worthwhile than I might have assumed. The relation between hauntology and production is worth investigating - in the UK (if not in China, say) the idea of production, manufacture, making stuff has become a spectre in itself (one of the more interesting points raised in <A HREF="http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?tid=9916&ttype=2" REL="nofollow">this patchy book</A>.owen hatherleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943115307136493045noreply@blogger.com