Priestor virtuálnosti a úzkosti. Eko-dystopický naratív o Antarktíde
A Space of Virtuality and anxiety: an Eco-Dystopian Narrative of Antarctica
Author(s): Zuzana GoleinováSubject(s): Aesthetics, Recent History (1900 till today), Theory of Communication, Environmental interactions, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art
Published by: SAV - Slovenská akadémia vied - Ústav divadelnej a filmovej vedy SAV
Keywords: co-dystopia; post-anthropocene; film essay; Slovak film; Viera Čákanyová; slow violence; environmental grief; solastalgia; virtuality;
Summary/Abstract: This study analyses the experimental film essay Frem (2019) by the Slovak documentary filmmaker Viera Čákanyová from the perspective of its eco-dystopian narrative and discusses the cinematic and narrative tools used in it to convey the testimony on climate change in the Antarctic environment. The film is segmented into a solastalgic prologue, foregrounding humans through both content and narrator, and a posthumanist observation of the ice field, which, conversely, effaces humans and alienates them from this space. The second part of the study focuses on techniques that evoke video-game aesthetics and contribute to the virtualisation of the documentary space, inducing anxiety and disorientation in the viewer.
Journal: Slovenské divadlo
- Issue Year: 73/2025
- Issue No: 04
- Page Range: 346-358
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Slovak
