Assemblages: Félix Guattari and Machinic Animism (2011)

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A visual research project reexamining the ideas of the philosopher and psychiatrist Félix Guattari on animismic culture as a form of collective subjectivity (collective assemblages of enunciation), as well as the time in his life when he tried to lay a foundation for a fundamental critique of modernist concepts. In an interview recorded during the Gulf War (1991), Guattari spoke of the emergence of a geography of resistance that arises especially where postcolonial systems are declining. A new de-centered, animistic subjectivity is central for rethinking “the Object, the Other as a potential bearer of dimensions of partial subjectivity, if need be through neurotic phenomena, religious rituals, or aesthetic phenomena."

Director: Angela Melitopoulos, Maurizio Lazzarato
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 69 min
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Language: Français, Português
Original Language: fr
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What is Assemblages: Félix Guattari and Machinic Animism about?
A visual research project reexamining the ideas of the philosopher and psychiatrist Félix Guattari on animismic culture as a form of collective subjectivity (collective assemblages of enunciation), as well as the time in his life when he tried to lay a foundation for a fundamental critique of modernist concepts. In an interview recorded during the Gulf War (1991), Guattari spoke of the emergence of a geography of resistance that arises especially where postcolonial systems are declining. A new de-centered, animistic subjectivity is central for rethinking “the Object, the Other as a potential bearer of dimensions of partial subjectivity, if need be through neurotic phenomena, religious rituals, or aesthetic phenomena."
Who directed Assemblages: Félix Guattari and Machinic Animism?
Assemblages: Félix Guattari and Machinic Animism was directed by Angela Melitopoulos, Maurizio Lazzarato.
How long is Assemblages: Félix Guattari and Machinic Animism?
Assemblages: Félix Guattari and Machinic Animism has a runtime of 1h 9m (69 minutes).
What genre is Assemblages: Félix Guattari and Machinic Animism?
Assemblages: Félix Guattari and Machinic Animism is a Documentary film.