Man with a Movie Camera: Economy of Movement and ASMR Videos on Youtube

Alina S. Holmowaia,Maria S. Danzis

doi:10.46539/gmd.v2i1.97

Abstract

The article examines the ASMR phenomena through the perspective of early USSR philosophy of technic, especially, of the constructivist movement (Gan, Ginzburg) and of works of film director Dziga Vertov. Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a tingling sensation that typically begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine. The aim of research is to reconstruct the notion of «movement», «machine» and «technique» in constructivist writings and to transfer this notion on contemporary media culture. For the analysis authors use ASMR videos on Youtube in order to discover new possible connotations of the term «movement» in a constructivist perspective. The ASMR phenomena could be considered as a merge of Haraway’s cyborg metaphor and the constructivist conception of domestic life, movement and technique.

Highlights

The article examines the Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) phenomena through the perspective of early USSR philosophy of technic, especially, of the constructivist movement (Gan, Ginzburg) and of works of film director Dziga Vertov
There are no children in the room, for instance, but scattered pencils on a small pink asymmetric children's table next to a two-story bed covered with a blanket depicted a large dinosaur immerses us in the feeling of movement in this room
The movement is transferred into space, and there are no children in the room, but the room makes a movement, showing a possible complex of children's bodies, soft toys, pencils, squeals and their inner work of connection, separation and ingression

Summary

Introduction

The article examines the ASMR phenomena through the perspective of early USSR philosophy of technic, especially, of the constructivist movement (Gan, Ginzburg) and of works of film director Dziga Vertov. Léger’s experience expressed through the film finds a new horizon of reflection throughout the works of Horn and Hill, but this is about a destructive collision with the machine, but how the machine could be integrated into the body of the artist.

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