THE EVIL DEMON OF IMAGES
Jean Baudrillard
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The First Mari Kuttna Memorial Lecture
THE EVIL DEMON OF IMAGES
Jean Baudrillard
Dedicated to the Memory of
Mari Kuttna
1934 - 1983
Power Institute …The Memorial Lecture was preceded by a tribute given by the Chancellor and by a personal appreciation by David Stratton, former Director of The Sydney Film Festival. Edited versions of their presentations are included in this publication.
…Around 1980 Mari's enthusiasm for film led her to the role of film programmer for the Oxford Film Festival, a job which she performed in the exemplary manner so characteristic of her. Then, late in 1982, Mari was appointed Programme
Direct…
David Stratton
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David Stratton appears in the course materials as a tribute-giver at the Mari Kuttna Memorial Lecture, where Baudrillard's "The Evil Demon of Images" was first delivered. His role as former director of the Sydney Film Festival contextualizes him within the institutional apparatus of cinema that the seminar considers in relation to image culture, technology, and symbolic power. Rather than a theoretical figure, Stratton functions here as a witness to the historical moment and community surrounding discussions of visual media and representation.
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