ABSTRACT

Endless travel in cyberspace, virtual reality, and the dream of limitless speed: technology changes our sense of self. In her new book, Trinh Minh-ha explores the way technology transforms our perception of reality.

"We are all engaged in social rituals in our daily activities, she writes, "and by remaining unaware of their artistic ritual propensity, we remain 'in conformity'." Her goal, as a thinker and an artist, is to transform our understanding of technology and speed so that we are able to "turn an instrument into a creative tool and to step out of the one-dimensional, technologically servile mind."

The paradox that "stillness contains speed within it" is central to Trinh's concept of the digital apparatus. With her signature amalgam of feminism, Eastern philosophy, and practical understanding of filmmaking, Trinh Minh-ha presents a much-needed advance in our concept of the real in a technological age.

part |2 pages

PART I TECHNOLOGY'S RITUALS

chapter |18 pages

STILL SPEED

chapter |6 pages

TIMESURFING

chapter |18 pages

WHEN THE EYE FRAMES RED

chapter |22 pages

TIME PATHS

part |2 pages

PART II THE FOURTH DIMENSION

chapter |28 pages

FILMSCRIPT

part |2 pages

PART III JAPAN: Alterity and the Image Effect

chapter |10 pages

INAPPROPRIATE/D ARTIFICIALITY

chapter |8 pages

TRAVELING (IN) TIME

chapter |16 pages

THE DOOR OF RHYTHM

chapter |28 pages

IS FEMINISM DEAD?

part |2 pages

PART IV INSTALLATIONS

chapter |8 pages

THE PAGE SCREEN CANVAS

chapter |16 pages

BETWEEN TWO

chapter |7 pages

THE DESERT IS WATCHING