ABSTRACT
This conclusion sums up the differing perspectives that the films analysed in the book offer on the central issues of embodiment, subjectivity, and agency while navigating composite spaces. It details some of the skills or personal qualities required to thrive while navigating composite spaces as illustrated by the films, such as multiplicity and the ability to compartmentalise different aural, visual, and perceptual channels. Conversely, it explores how the films also highlight the perils of losing control over one's subjective and bodily autonomy in composite material/digital spaces. The conclusion finds that several analysed films indicate that composite space's facilitation of simultaneous co-presence allows for a form of potentially liberating distributed perception, which proves a necessary skill for coping with hostile or threatening environments. This subjective negotiation is often linked to the redefinition of gendered spaces. The films suggest that if one can distribute one's own subjectivity and become multiple/ubiquitous without losing autonomy over this subjectivity, the virtual allows for a multiplication and extension rather than fragmentation of the subjective self.
