[Commlist] Issue 8 of Tecmerin: Revista de Ensayos Audiovisuales / Journal of Audiovisual Essays published

Issue 8 - 2021 (2)

In Tecmerin. Journal of Audiovisual Essays we close the year 2021 with 
the eighth issue of our journal. On the third anniversary of this 
publication, we feature works that transport us to the relationships 
between cinema and the Buddhist substrate of the film Her (Spike Jonze, 
2013), a reflection on the filmmakers’ position as a producer in terms 
of class struggle, the question of materiality within the Prague zines 
subcultural scene and, finally, the politics of representation of 
migration processes in Latin American comedy series.

Here you can find the link to both the Spanish and the English versions:

English:
https://tecmerin.uc3m.es/en/journal/

Spanish:
https://tecmerin.uc3m.es/revista/

English TOC:	

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Spike Jonze’s Her (2013): Buddhist Stories for a Postmodern World
Jesse Barker (University of Aberdeen) – 15:50
http://tecmerin.uc3m.es/en/journal-8-1

Most people who see Spike Jonze’s film Her (2013) do not notice any 
particular connection to Buddhism. The film’s existential themes come 
into sharper focus, however, when we discover the Buddhist framework 
beneath the surface of this futuristic indie romance.
Keywords: Spike Jonze; Buddhism; Her; Modernism; Philosophy

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Piola
Andrés Sanjurjo García (Universitat Pompeu Fabra/Universidade da Coruña) 
– 11:52
http://tecmerin.uc3m.es/en/journal-8-2

Navigating between the film and domestic archives, Piola reflects on the 
place of the filmmaker as a producer in terms of class struggle.
Keywords:Poor, pay, relations of production, archive, Marx

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Scissors, glue and other machines: The materiality of the Prague zine 
scene in the post-digital era
Miloš Hroch & Nico Carpentier (Charles University) – 12:06
http://tecmerin.uc3m.es/en/journal-8-3

This video essay studies the role of the material in four Prague-based 
zines; alternative media produced using scissors, glue and other 
machines. The study of subcultures (and zines) has been traditionally 
focused on their meanings, but this video essay argues for paying more 
attention to the material as material. The argument finds support in the 
concept of post-digital and the model of the discursive-material knot.
Keywords: Prague, Zines, Material, Post-digital, Discursive

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Citizens May Laugh: Latinx Comedy and the Politics of Documented Migration
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez (University of Texas at Dallas) – 13:46
http://tecmerin.uc3m.es/en/journal-8-4

What is funny about immigration applications? This audiovisual essay 
looks into the politics of representing the bureaucratic process of 
migration in three U.S. Latinx comedy series.
Keywords: Televisión; Comedy; Immigration; TV Genres

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