[Commlist] Tecmerin: Journal of Audiovisual Essays - Issue 16 – 2025 (2) published

Tecmerin: Journal of Audiovisual Essays
Issue 16 – 2025 (2)
https://tecmerin.uc3m.es/issue-16-2025-2/?lang=en

With number 16, Tecmerin celebrates the eighth anniversary of the 
Journal of Audiovisual Essays. This issue is composed of four video 
essays that, quite by chance, have brought a warm note of colour to the 
cold office from which our modest publication is edited.

In “What’s behind Kubrick’s characters?” Mariana Schwartz analyzes the 
role of production design in Stanley Kubrick’s cinema, focusing on a 
habitually ignored element: the walls. “AGON. Constructions of 
democracy” by Ali Minanto, Nico Carpentier and Jhon Sany Purwanto helps 
us reflect on the term “democracy” as a contested concept, in complex 
times for addressing such an idea. “haidh na hAithrise/ Nostalgia of 
imitation” by Nail Ó Muchu transports us to a beautiful montage about 
Irish cinematic representations of coastal labour history. The final 
note of colour is provided by “Satoshi Kon. Animation’s place in the 
cinematographic landscape,” where Sara Mai Ortiz de Manuel relates the 
director’s aesthetics to his industrial influence.

The “From the archive” section features guest contributor Eva Vaca 
Carrión, whose work on actress Emma Cohen brings us closer to the RTVE 
archive and allows us to learn through her interviews about her 
struggles to assert herself as a creator.

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What’s behind the Kubrick’s characters?
Mariana Schwartz (Beira Interior University) – 4:45

Through the analysis of six films directed by Stanley Kubrick, this 
audiovisual essay invites reflection on the design of his sets, focusing 
on the question: what lies behind Kubrick’s characters?
Keywords: film, digetic space, Kubrick, production design, walls

https://tecmerin.uc3m.es/project/whats-behinf-the-kubricks-characters/?lang=en

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AGON. Constructions of Democracy
Ali Minanto (Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism, 
CharlesUniversity), Nico Carpentier (Institute of Communication Studies 
and Journalism, Charles University), Jhon Sany Purwanto (independent 
filmmaker) – 26:00

The film essay AGON is a theoretical reflection on the political 
construction of democracy. It emphasizes the controversial nature of 
democracy, distinguishing between its fundamental defining elements, the 
arenas of political struggle for democracy, the conditions of 
possibility for democracy, and the threats to democracy.
Keywords: democracy, art research, film essay

https://tecmerin.uc3m.es/project/agon-constructions-of-democracy/?lang=en

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Cumhaidh na hAithrise/ Nostalgia de la imitación
Niall Ó Murchú (Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Western 
Washington University)– 7:00

The video shows multi-screen compositions to compare three films shot on 
the Atlantic coast of Ireland: Man of Aran (Flaherty et al, 1934), The 
Secret of Roan Inish (Sayles et al, 1994), and Arracht/Monster. 
(Sullivan et al, 2019). The essay argues that Irish cinematic 
representations of coastal labor history are influenced by the 
pre-existing imaginative nostalgia of Irish-American filmmakers.
Keywords: Atlantic Ocean, Ireland, Memory, Labor, Transtextuality

https://tecmerin.uc3m.es/project/cumhaidh-na-haithrise-nostalgia-de-la-imitacion/?lang=en

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Satoshi Kon. The Place of Animation in the Film Landscape
Sara Mai Ortiz de Manuel (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) – 12:45

This video essay will analyze the relationship between Satoshi Kon and 
cinema as an industry, a reference point, and a concept, through three 
of his works: the films Perfect Blue (1997), Millennium Actress (2001), 
and Paprika (2006).
Keywords: anime, Kon, animation, Japan, metacinema

https://tecmerin.uc3m.es/project/satoshi-kon/?lang=en

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From the archive:

Infantilisation and Sexualisation in Media Representation: Emma Cohen 
and the Recovery of the Television Archive

In this section the archives of two interviews with Emma Cohen are 
shared. They were broadcast on TVE in the 1970s and 1980s, when her 
creative output was at its peak, have been recovered. Both archives 
reflect her multidisciplinary creative personality, but also the irony 
and infantilization with which the media treated her throughout her life.

Section curated by Eva Vaca Carrión (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

https://tecmerin.uc3m.es/from-the-archive-16/?lang=en

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