BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:28886@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher DTSTAMP:20261018T195918Z DTSTART:20261211T173000Z DTEND:20261211T203000Z DESCRIPTION:Genre: Film\, talk\nLine up: Simon Poulter\nOpen: 18:30 - 21:30 hrs\nTickets: € 5\n\nWe Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher is a 65-minut e cinematic experiment\nexploring the continuing relevance of the late the orist’s ideas on capitalism\,\nculture\, and the future. Directed by Simon Poulter and Sophie Mellor\n(collaborating as Close and Remote) the film w as made in 2024-2025 using\nInstagram (@markfisherfilm [https://www.instag ram.com/markfisherfilm]) as a\nmethodological tool to find collaborators\, generate research and disseminate\ncontent.\n\nWith over 70 invited contr ibutors listed the film blends documentary\,\nperformance\, new music\, an d hauntological fiction. The main narrative follows\nParkins – a time-slip ped character – through ghostly landscapes and digital\nspaces\, tracing F isher’s thoughts from the 1990s to our algorithmic present. A\nsecond narr ative emerges from interviews conducted with theorists\, journalists\,\nan d artists whose life and work have been influenced by him.\nThe film embod ies Fisher’s call for collective imagination beyond capitalist\nrealism. I t ends in the room with a discussion about agency and what we can do\nnext . This has proven to be an important part of the film’s success.\nThe has now toured globally to Europe\, South America\, Australia and many other\n countries\, with screenings and Q&A events at a variety of locations. Full \ndetails on tour closeandremote.net [http://closeandremote.net/]\n\nProgr am:\nDoors open: 18:30\nIntroduction Simon Poulter: 19:00\nStart film: 19: 10 (duration 65 min)\nDiscussion: 20:15-21:15 URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/we-are-making-a-film-about-mark-fisher GEO:52.3601403;4.8656923 LOCATION:OT301 - Overtoom 301\, 1054 HW Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-west,capitalism,discussion,documentary,film,music,perf ormance,q&a,talk,vondelparkbuurt X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Genre: Film, talk
Line up: Simon Poulter
Open: 18:30 - 21:30 hr s
Tickets: € 5

We Are Making A Film About Mark Fis her is a 65-minute cinematic experiment exploring the continuing relevance of the late theorist’s ideas on capitalism, culture, and the future. Dire cted by Simon Poulter and Sophie Mellor (collaborating as Close and Remote ) the film was made in 2024-2025 using Instagram (@markfisherfilm) as a metho dological tool to find collaborators, generate research and disseminate co ntent.

With over 70 invited contributors listed the film blends doc umentary, performance, new music, and hauntological fiction. The main narr ative follows Parkins – a time-slipped character – through ghostly landsca pes and digital spaces, tracing Fisher’s thoughts from the 1990s to our al gorithmic present. A second narrative emerges from interviews conducted wi th theorists, journalists, and artists whose life and work have been influ enced by him.
The film embodies Fisher’s call for collective imaginati on beyond capitalist realism. It ends in the room with a discussion about agency and what we can do next. This has proven to be an important part of the film’s success.
The has now toured globally to Europe, South Amer ica, Australia and many other countries, with screenings and Q&A event s at a variety of locations. Full details on tour closeandremote.net

Program :
Doors open: 18:30
Introduction Simon Poulter: 19:00
Start film: 19:10 (duration 65 min)
Discussion: 20:15-21:15

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