
FUTURE VS. DEATH OF CINEMA: EVERY SPECTATOR IS EITHER A COWARD OR A TRAITOR (ENG/SPA)
By Dina Pokrajac*
During a conversation on the future of cinema at this year’s Locarno FF Kevin B. Lee and Hito Steyerl came to the alarming yet self-evident conclusion that most media-works these days are at the imminent risk of perpetual abandonment, becoming “the orphans of attention.” Cinema spaces (via their attention privilege) provide one of the last sanctuaries for these orphans, yet in the aftermath of the pandemic many have closed their doors. Therefore, it is important to rethink their role in the way we de-code films.