The perceptual apparatus (2024)

A hypothetical film program for my film theory course that puts cinematic perception & vision with Louis Althusser’s Apparatus Theory.

CINE 331 Hypothetical Film Program

Cover image of a book or magazine titled 'The Perceptual Apparatus' by Sierra Quinton, featuring a collage of scientific and technological images such as a camera, brain scans, MRI images, and colorful brain maps.
A digital screen displaying static noise with a caption that reads 'the screen mirror.' The screen is part of a display explaining the Perceptual Apparatus, a concept related to Louis Althusser's Apparatus Theory, and discusses the connection between technological devices and perception.
Book cover titled 'Wasteland No. 1: Ardent, Verdant' by Jodie Mack, 2017. Features a background with electronic circuit boards, a blue sky with clouds, and red poppies. Overlaid text includes 'technology lives', 'alienation subject', and the author's name.
A movie poster for the film 'Coraline' by Henry Selick, released in 2009, featuring an illustration of Coraline and other characters, with a door and reflective elements.
Cover of a book titled 'Un Chien Andalou' by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, featuring a black and white surrealist image of a woman's face with an eye drawn over it, surrounded by ants and a hand holding the book.
Poster for the film "Enter the Void" by Gaspar Noé, 2009, with colorful bokeh lights background, centered white text, image of hands reaching towards the lights, an old camera at the bottom, and words like 'embodiment', 'blink!', 'eclipse', and quotes about the artist's work.