https://www.musethno.uzh.ch/en/events.html?event=58814
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 1:00 PM until 2:30 PM
The Witch
Film by George Méliès, 1906, 12’; silent movie
The House of Science: A Museum of False Facts
Film by Lynne Sachs, 1991, 30’; language: English; English subtitles
In collaboration with multimedia artists Lourenço Soares and Paulo Wirz, two short films will be screened – interspersed with video art pieces – that focus on the very anthropological topics of nature, witchcraft and science. Both films explore the intersection of reality and illusion: Méliès through the lens of early cinema’s fascination with magic and spectacle, and Sachs through a postmodern interrogation of scientific truth and narrative construction. The screening of these thought-provoking films will be followed by a brief discussion.