beta sessions (holophrasis.exe) (2020)

Session I investigates the holophrastic stage of language development, where the child is able to reproduce sounds of combined words but not not fully ascertain their distinction, as a greater symbol of the ego’s integration into the symbolic order. Action is staged in the digital realm as a computerized consciousness passes through the pre-libidinal stages of development, articulating and mimicking signs like a child learning to speak. The fundamental trauma of the distinction between souls is embodied in the severance of the mother/child bond, enacted with humanity as the parents of digital simulacra. What does it mean to be born without a body? A discarded draft of a larger project in development. All algorithms coded by hand.

Director: Audrey Robinovitz
Runtime: 6 min
Release Date:
Country: United States of America
Original Language: en
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What is beta sessions (holophrasis.exe) about?
Session I investigates the holophrastic stage of language development, where the child is able to reproduce sounds of combined words but not not fully ascertain their distinction, as a greater symbol of the ego’s integration into the symbolic order. Action is staged in the digital realm as a computerized consciousness passes through the pre-libidinal stages of development, articulating and mimicking signs like a child learning to speak. The fundamental trauma of the distinction between souls is embodied in the severance of the mother/child bond, enacted with humanity as the parents of digital simulacra. What does it mean to be born without a body? A discarded draft of a larger project in development. All algorithms coded by hand.
Who directed beta sessions (holophrasis.exe)?
beta sessions (holophrasis.exe) was directed by Audrey Robinovitz.
How long is beta sessions (holophrasis.exe)?
beta sessions (holophrasis.exe) has a runtime of 6m (6 minutes).
Where was beta sessions (holophrasis.exe) produced?
beta sessions (holophrasis.exe) was produced in United States of America.