October 1, 2025Open Access

The Archiving Film: A Pharmacology of the Media Flux

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MGMihai GhițăBabeș-Bolyai University

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This article analyzes the archiving film phenomenon, showing its role as a pharmacological politics of memory through cultural artefacts and surveillance footage.

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The archiving film reveals a unique pharmacological politics of memory, capturing overlooked images from the media flux.
The transition from descriptive contemplation to syntagmatic storytelling is showcased in films from different eras, like Der Riese and Dragonfly Eyes.
An examination of selectivity in filmmaking highlights the epistemological value attributed to these cultural artefacts.
The emergence of desktop cinema and machinima within the archiving film creates a hybrid form that challenges traditional binaries in media representation.

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Mihai Ghiță (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68dd89e6fe798ba2fc498247 https://doi.org/10.37130/drhvol6iss1pp9-32

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This article analyzes the archiving film phenomenon, showing its role as a pharmacological politics of memory through cultural artefacts and surveillance footage.

The Archiving Film: A Pharmacology of the Media Flux

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The Archiving Film: A Pharmacology of the Media Flux

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