★,。·::·ﾟ☆ “The Real Internet Is Inside You” ·ﾟ✧*:·ﾟ✧
October 9 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Free – £12
Dive into ★,｡･::･ﾟ☆ “The Real Internet Is Inside You” ･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧, a collection of six short films exploring nearly 20 years of our evolving relationship with the internet. Blurring the lines between reality and fiction, this event delves into the complex interplay of digital identity and self-expression, responding to the overwhelming, contradictory messages that fuel confusion, anxiety, and disconnection in the digital age. With a focus on sensory overload and emotional vulnerability, the program offers a fresh perspective on contemporary life.
Join us for an interactive workshop led by internet studies expert Kirsty Dunlop and Reema Vadoliya, founder of People of Data.
Curated by Zeo Fawcett.
Tickets are on a pay what you can sliding scale of FREE, £2, £4, £6, £8, £10, or £12. To book, click here or call the CCA Box Office on 0141 352 4900.
Accessibility
This programme has:
- English, Chinese, Russian, Japanese audio with English language descriptive subtitles
- English-BSL interpretation for the introduction and workshop
- Live Captioning for the introduction and workshop
This screening is 61 minutes long and has an age recommendation of N/C 18+.
You can find out more information about accessibility at SQIFF 2024 here. If you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF 2024, please get in touch with us at [email protected] or by phone on 07873 331 036.
Films in this programme include:
In the end I saw something on my phone, Dir. Nicholas Sanchez, 2023, United States, 2 min
This Instagram post is now a short film—a meme turned theatre. What happens when a meme becomes a film?
new phone who dis?
The post’s essence stretches beyond your grasp. Can memes exist outside the phone?
I bleed the meme for you.
I bleed real for you.
Always shifting, always ending.
remember when your body ended? That’s when you saw it on your phone.
Content notes: Discussion of body image, mental health, blood, death, sex, masturbation. Depiction of partial nudity, and overall contains strange and unusual imagery that is difficult to interpret.
Access notes: Flashing and strobe lights, frequent and sudden bright images, layered and complex glitchy visual imagery, rapid cuts and fast-paced editing sequences throughout.
Audio at a range of levels, jumping randomly from quiet to loud. Sounds are layered in overwhelming ways. On screen text moving quickly.
(Tommy Chat Just E-mailed Me.), Dir. Ryan Trecartin, 2007, United States of America, 7 min
Trecartin’s (Tommy Chat Just E-mailed Me) is a short set inside and outside an email. Featuring Trecartin’s stylised characters—Pam, a librarian with a baby; Tammy and Beth, surrounded by installation art; and Tommy, in a lake house—the film explores electronic communication. Trecartin, playing several roles, blends manic interactions with bright animations. The story shifts like a web browser, revealing growing isolation.
Content notes: Child distress depicted, menstruation and child abuse discussed, and use of ableist slurs.
Access notes: Rapid cuts and fast-paced editing sequences and harsh, distorted dialogue throughout.
DEEP DOWN TIDAL, Dir. Tabita Rezaire, 2017, French Guina, South Africa, 19 min
Deep Down Tidal examines water’s role in communication, political, and technological systems. It explores submarine cables over colonial routes and the ocean as a repository of Black knowledge and global connectivity. Could Internet violence against Africa and more generally Black people stem from its infrastructure? The film links water’s preservation of histories and traumas to colonial legacies.
Content notes: Discussion of genocide, colonialism, racism, partial nudity.
Access notes: Glitchy visuals.
Monad 3, Dir. Dana Dawud, 2024, Dubai, United States of America, Spain and France, 26 min
Monad, situates webcam footage, projection mapping and texting both within the time space of the film and in the real time space outside, reformulating itself with each screening until Monad becomes fully saturated or until submarine internet cables stop working, whichever comes first.
Content notes: Discussion of revolutionary ideologies, assassination, death, and sexual language. Depiction of vaping.
Access notes: Glitchy, blurred and flashing imagery, sudden bright images, prolonged dark scenes and visually intense, gritty imagery. Frequent use of silence with occasional sounds.
Valentine for Perfect Strangers, Dir. Ben Coonley, 2007, United States of America, 4 min
A love letter to the Internet from a feral cat in Brooklyn.
Anonymously published to the web in 2006, Valentine for Perfect Strangers was an early example of an art video that “went viral,” amassing over a half-million views and landing on the front page of YouTube.
Content notes: Discussion of mental health issues
Access notes: Bright colours and glitchy editing, with distorted music, VHS effects, and high-pitched ringing. A robotic, distorted English voice-over and subtitles run throughout.
Diffused in Marginalised Orders, Dir. Florence To, 2024, United Kingdom, 3 min
Words have a powerful role in shaping identity and transforming our lived experiences. The Scottish-born Hong Kong artist uses texts that ignite deep connections and solidarity. Their work confronts the dispossessions wrought by imperialism and challenges complicity in public amnesia about ongoing injustices, redefining our relationship within social barriers and power struggles in public spaces.
Access notes: Flashing light and rapid visual effects.
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Image Credit: Valentine for Perfect Strangers, Dir. Ben Coonley, 2007