Published October 2017 | Version v1
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Endless Regression (video essay)

  • 1. Universität Zürich
  • 2. Lucerne School of Art and Design
  • 3. University of Zurich

Description

Jerry Lewis‘ philosophy of video: Lewis‘ comedy of playback is also a meditation on the technology he relied on in the production of his films. Looping a scene from Lewis‘ film „The Patsy“ (1966) shows how the loops of the electronic video signal are included in the very illusion they helped to fabricate. The mise-en-abyme of his film is short circuiting the funny with the claustrophobic.

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2017-10