The Disappearance of the Working Class from the Cinematic Screen
The Disappearance of the Working Class from the Cinematic Screen

Summary/Abstract: This paper is a critical interpretation of selected representations of the working class in contemporary art and cinema. The argument mobilises various interpretative frameworks as film studies, Marxist sociology of art and Postcolonial critique in order to approach three works of contemporary video art. Interpreting works of Harun Farocki, Steve McQueen, Yuri Pattison the paper underlines ways in which they elaborate on shifting visibility of the workers on a cinematic screen. Spanning from the first Lumière Brothers screenings to images mediated through the internet, the analysis juxtaposes conditions of representation with conditions of labour in various forms of capitalist development.

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