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
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David Stratton
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David Stratton appears here as a figure in the institutional memory of critical film culture rather than as a theorist central to the seminar itself. His contribution to this publication is a personal tribute to Mari Kuttna, whom he knew in his capacity as former Director of the Sydney Film Festival, positioning him as part of the postwar Australian cultural apparatus that engaged with avant-garde and critical cinema. The readings use him minimally—not to develop concepts around AI or cybernetics, but to anchor the memorial lecture's context within the actual networks of film festivals and programming that circulated ideas about cinema, form, and cultural authority.
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