Control in the movies
Sunday 11 October 2015, 18.15-19.45 hrs
(film 'Ex Machina' starts at 20.15 hrs)
Location: Lantaren-Venster Rotterdam
More info: affr.nl
Language: English spoken
Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam
and Stroom Den Haag hook up for a talk on the impact of control on
society, through film. Film clips will guide the discussion through the history of control in the city: from Cold War control to modern privacy invasion and pre-crime risk calculations.
Saskia van Stein, director Bureau Europa, will lead the discussion with:
- Monique Koemans, criminologist, historian and writer on the subject of control
- Juha van ‘t Zelfde, artistic director Lighthouse (Brighton, UK) and editor of the book Dread: The Dizziness of Freedom
- Francesco Garutti, art and architecture editor and curator of the documentary project Misleading Innocence at the CCA Montreal (Canada).
Film clips shown include Minority Report, Misleading Innocence, Taxi Driver, Children of Men, Fortress of Solitude and many others.
Followed by a screening of the film Ex Machina (the closing film of the festival).
Part of Culture of Control.
- Sunday 11 Oct '15 18.15 hrs
- Lantaren-Venster Rotterdam
- Entrance: 9,50 euro (at the box office)
