Histories of Simulated Intimacy (2017)
Histories of Simulated Intimacy is a sensory essay film that investigates the gaps in time and space produced by the technological mediation of human love and desire. Roving, dismembered voices – messages left for the filmmaker by former lovers, found voice messages made on gramophone discs – hunt for image-bodies, creating a simultaneous presence and absence: a woman carried gently by the flow of a Lazy River; the undulations of a darkened, glimmering dance party; memories and traces of the once-massive Iowan prairies. The film explores polarities such as public and private, nature and culture, near and far, bios and techne, producing a space in which technologies of intimacy, separated by historical measurements of time, can coalesce in perpetuity.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Histories of Simulated Intimacy about?
- Histories of Simulated Intimacy is a sensory essay film that investigates the gaps in time and space produced by the technological mediation of human love and desire. Roving, dismembered voices – messages left for the filmmaker by former lovers, found voice messages made on gramophone discs – hunt for image-bodies, creating a simultaneous presence and absence: a woman carried gently by the flow of a Lazy River; the undulations of a darkened, glimmering dance party; memories and traces of the once-massive Iowan prairies. The film explores polarities such as public and private, nature and culture, near and far, bios and techne, producing a space in which technologies of intimacy, separated by historical measurements of time, can coalesce in perpetuity.
- Who directed Histories of Simulated Intimacy?
- Histories of Simulated Intimacy was directed by Emily Drummer.
- How long is Histories of Simulated Intimacy?
- Histories of Simulated Intimacy has a runtime of 11m (11 minutes).
- What genre is Histories of Simulated Intimacy?
- Histories of Simulated Intimacy is a Documentary film.
- Where was Histories of Simulated Intimacy produced?
- Histories of Simulated Intimacy was produced in United States of America.