Cinema and Séance

Lukas Brasiskis

Laura Huertas Millán, Curanderxs still, 2024. multi-channel video installation. dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist

Laura Huertas Millán, *Curanderxs* still, 2024. multi-channel video installation. dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist

Lukas Brasiskis is Curator of Film & Video at e-flux; one of the three artistic directors of the 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale; and co-curator of the 14th Shanghai Biennale (2023–24). He holds a PhD in Cinema Studies from NYU and writes and teaches about moving-image art.

Research Title

Cinema and Séance
Participants

Lukas Brasiskis
Publishing Date

2025-09-11
Languages

Korean
Editions

SMB13
Categories

Essay
Keywords

death moving image séance technology

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Research Title Cinema and Séance

Category Essay

Edition The 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale

Author Lukas Brasiskis

The English version of this essay can be found in e-flux journal #156, a special issue for the 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale Séance: Technology of the Spirit.

Link: https://www.e-flux.com/journal/156/6776774/cinema-and-s-ance

It will also be available on this SMB website from mid-October.

This essay is originally commissioned for the 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale Catalogue, Séance: Technology of the Spirit (Seoul: Seoul Museum of Art, Mediabus, 2025), scheduled for publication on October, 2025. With the author’s consent, it is being published in advance on the Seoul Mediacity Biennale website and e-flux Journal. No part of this essay may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the author, Seoul Museum of Art and Mediabus, Seoul.