Ethno☰hauntology: Espiritismo and the Hallowed Body
Espiritismo de cordon, a Cuban religion, has been at the center of Rafael Ramírez’ film practice.
The masterclass Ethno☰hauntology: Espiritismo and the Hallowed Body, organized by ethnohauntology vol1 regards cinema as an anechoic chamber for the spirits, perhaps a practice that should not be called cinema anymore.
Following the notions of Cuban American scholar Gilberto Perez, the essayist Antonio Benítez Rojo, and Jacques Derrida’s foundational text Specters of Marx, Ramirez will explain the different aspects of Ethno☰hauntology as a methodology to engage with Caribbean imagery as a feedback-machine and its Atlantic undercurrents as ectoplasm. Ramírez’ films, audio-works, and thought experiments will help to map this uncharted territory.