Now I Want to Laugh (2014)
Live performance with 16mm projectors. This is a simulation of a prototype for a “feeling machine” envisioned by Dr. D. Forme in 1917. This simulation is based on a short description and diagram found in the doctor’s notebooks. The description focuses on only one section of the machine. Brief mentions of the other sections were included but no detailed information was discovered. The machine was never built, yet according to the description its purpose was “to replace the faulty mechanism of human emotion”.
Director: Juan David González Monroy, Anja Dornieden
Runtime: 15 min
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Original Language: en
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- What is Now I Want to Laugh about?
- Live performance with 16mm projectors. This is a simulation of a prototype for a “feeling machine” envisioned by Dr. D. Forme in 1917. This simulation is based on a short description and diagram found in the doctor’s notebooks. The description focuses on only one section of the machine. Brief mentions of the other sections were included but no detailed information was discovered. The machine was never built, yet according to the description its purpose was “to replace the faulty mechanism of human emotion”.
- Who directed Now I Want to Laugh?
- Now I Want to Laugh was directed by Juan David González Monroy, Anja Dornieden.
- How long is Now I Want to Laugh?
- Now I Want to Laugh has a runtime of 15m (15 minutes).