A Demonstration

2020
25m

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4.9/10

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"A Demonstration" is a monster film with no monsters. Inspired by the existence of taxonomies of monsters at the heart of Early Modern European science, the film explores and reinterprets a ... Read all"A Demonstration" is a monster film with no monsters. Inspired by the existence of taxonomies of monsters at the heart of Early Modern European science, the film explores and reinterprets a way of seeing the natural world that is almost impossible to imagine from today's vantage ... Read all"A Demonstration" is a monster film with no monsters. Inspired by the existence of taxonomies of monsters at the heart of Early Modern European science, the film explores and reinterprets a way of seeing the natural world that is almost impossible to imagine from today's vantage point. Early Modern naturalists were guided by a logic in which scientific truths were dis... Read all

Directors
- Sasha Litvintseva
- Beny Wagner
Writers
- Sasha Litvintseva
- Beny Wagner

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

4.9/10

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Sasha Litvintseva
- Beny Wagner
Writers
- Sasha Litvintseva
- Beny Wagner

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 nominations total

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A Demonstration by Beny Wagner & Sasha Litvintseva

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Taxonomy, that is, classification--and what resists it

Taxonomy, that is, classification, has been and still is an important component of modern science. Through classification we may be able to identify important relationships and natural laws; consider for example the periodic table, subatomic particle classifications, and of course zoology.

And yet, those "monsters" persist--the instances that do not seem to conform to our attempts at classification. Can we learn from them? I have studied the history of science, and have not come across much emphasis on "monsters", but this short film makes me think they may be real, and important, and, perhaps, revealing.

IAC a beguiling short film that asks more questions than it answers.