Tamagotchi_Balé
Tamagotchi_Balé is about affective dystopias, the end of erotic experience, narcissism and algorithms.Following a logic of hyperlinks, which mixes dream narratives, extensive research on neoliberal subjectivity, companion devices, 1990s films and video games, two women try to establish a relationship on green screens of Zoom.
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Tamagotchi_Balé is about affective dystopias, the end of erotic experience, narcissism and algorithms. Following a logic of hyperlinks, which mixes dream narratives, extensive research on neoliberal subjectivity, companion devices, 1990s films and video games, two women try to establish a relationship on green screens of Zoom. The Tamagotchi was born from an alien plant and is the first experience of a relationship with a machine that my generation has experienced.
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- Release date
- Jan 25, 2025
- Runtime
- 0h 29m
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- Language
- Portuguese
- Country
- Brazil
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