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The Future of Attention

The Film Comment Podcast: The Future of Attention with Kevin B. Lee

By Film Comment
September 1, 2022
Work and play: scholar Kevin B. Lee discusses how labor, pleasure, and the special state of attention that we call cinema

The Film Comment Podcast: The Future of Attention with Hito Steyerl

By Film Comment
August 30, 2022
Future days: artist Hito Steyerl talks about maintaining techno-optimism and the distinction between attention and voyeurism

The Film Comment Podcast: The Future of Attention with Julia Murat

By Film Comment
August 25, 2022
Pushing the limit: Julia Murat, director of the Golden Leopard-winning Rule 34, joins to discuss her boundary-pushing film

The Film Comment Podcast: The Future of Attention with Noa Levin and Giovanni Carmine

By Film Comment
August 23, 2022
Screentime: philosopher Noa Levin and curator Giovanni Carmine join to explore the spaces and infrastructures of attention

The Film Comment Podcast: The Future of Attention with Kamal Aljafari

By Film Comment
August 19, 2022
Explosive imagery: in a live talk recorded at Locarno '22, the Palestinian filmmaker joined to discuss the ways in which his work draws attention to the “camera of the dispossessed”

The Film Comment Podcast: The Future of Attention with Helena Wittmann

By Film Comment
August 17, 2022
Looking ahead: the German filmmaker talks about her Locarno standout, Human Flowers of Flesh, and the ways in which her practice is rooted in embodied and communal experiences of time and space