TOMB RAIDER
SHORT FILM AT ARTS BASH
Copyright 2004 www.tombraiderchronicles.com
[ September 21st 2004 ]
Autonomedia
is helping to organize a benefit for Steve Kurtz
of the Critical Art Ensemble. Highlights of the
evening will include a screening of Manuel DeLanda's
documentary of his graffiti activities of the
late 70s, a talk by one of the Institute for Applied
Autonomy folks and a short film based on Tomb
Raider.
"She-Puppet
", by Peggy Ahwesh, features footage collected
from months of playing Tomb Raider. Ahwesh transforms
the video game into a reflection on identity and
mortality, acknowledging the intimate relationship
between Lara Croft and her player. Moving beyond
her implicit feminist critique of the problematic
female identity, she enlarges the dilemma of Croft's
entrapment to that of the individual in an increasingly
artificial world.
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