Dreams in the Age of Computational Capitalism
The Film Essay and the Questioning of Reality in the Works of Gala Hernández López
The text explores the characteristics of Gala Hernández López’s hybrid essayistic approach in The Mechanics of Fluids (La Mécanique des fluides, 2022) and like moths to light (2026). Drawing on the analytical frameworks of T. W. Adorno, Trinh T. Minh-ha and Donna Haraway, it demonstrates how Hernández López creates a space for reflection on alienation, loneliness and the protection of the intimate layers of the human inner world in contemporary digital society through fragmentation, the use of online archival materials and the intertwining of documentary footage with speculative fabulation.
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