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SUMMARY:Uitkijk x Simulacrum: HyperNormalisation
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DESCRIPTION:This September Simulacrum Magazine returns to De Uitkijk to cel
	ebrate the launch\nof “Little man\, what now?” Join us for a very special 
	screening of Adam Curtis’\n2016 documentary HyperNormalisation\, celebrato
	ry drinks\, and\, of course\, a first\nlook at Simalcrum’s latest issue.\n
	\nBritish filmmaker Adam Curtis is one of the most admired thinkers of our
	 time.\nDrawing on the rich BBC archive\, he creates in-depth explorations
	 of our current\npolitical and economic society.\n\nIn his 2016 essay film
	 HyperNormalisation\, Curtis examines how governments\,\nfinanciers\, and 
	technological utopians have replaced the complexity of the real\nworld wit
	h a much simpler fake world. He traces the origins of this technique of\nm
	anipulation to the Soviet Union in the 1970s\, where the system was slowly
	\nfalling apart\, but where it proved easier to pretend that everything wa
	s fine.\nCurtis describes how this technique of “hypernormalisation” playe
	d an essential\nrole in the rise of Muammar Gaddafi\, Bashar al-Assad\, Vl
	adimir Putin\, and Donald\nTrump.\n\nSimulacrum is a quarterly thematic ma
	gazine that reflects on arts and culture\,\nand serves as a high-quality p
	ublication platform for students and experts from\nthe field. The subjects
	 are always approached from different disciplines which\nrelate to arts an
	d culture\, and placed in both historical and contemporary\nperspective.\n
	\n * Language: English\n * Duration: 167 mins.\n * Director: Adam Curtis\n
	 * Cast: Adam Curtis\, Vladimir Putin\, Donald Trump\n * Year: 2016\n * Co
	untry: United Kingdom
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/uitkijk-x-simulacrum-hypernormalisation
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LOCATION:De Uitkijk - Prinsengracht 452\, 1017 KE Amsterdam
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CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,documentary,film,leidseplein
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>This September Simulacrum Magazine 
	returns to De Uitkijk to celebrate the launch of “Little man, what now?” J
	oin us for a very special screening of Adam Curtis’ 2016 documentary Hyper
	Normalisation, celebratory drinks, and, of course, a first look at Simalcr
	um’s latest issue.</strong></p> <p>British filmmaker Adam Curtis is one of
	 the most admired thinkers of our time. Drawing on the rich BBC archive, h
	e creates in-depth explorations of our current political and economic soci
	ety.</p> <p>In his 2016 essay film HyperNormalisation, Curtis examines how
	 governments, financiers, and technological utopians have replaced the com
	plexity of the real world with a much simpler fake world. He traces the or
	igins of this technique of manipulation to the Soviet Union in the 1970s, 
	where the system was slowly falling apart, but where it proved easier to p
	retend that everything was fine. Curtis describes how this technique of “h
	ypernormalisation” played an essential role in the rise of Muammar Gaddafi
	, Bashar al-Assad, Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump.</p> <p><em>Simulacrum
	 is a quarterly thematic magazine that reflects on arts and culture, and s
	erves as a high-quality publication platform for students and experts from
	 the field. The subjects are always approached from different disciplines 
	which relate to arts and culture, and placed in both historical and contem
	porary perspective.</em></p><ul> <li> <strong>Language:</strong> English <
	/li> <li> <strong>Duration:</strong> 167 mins. </li> <li> <strong>Director
	:</strong> Adam Curtis </li> <li> <strong>Cast:</strong> Adam Curtis, Vlad
	imir Putin, Donald Trump </li> <li> <strong>Year:</strong> 2016 </li> <li>
	 <strong>Country:</strong> United Kingdom </li> </ul>
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