The Function of Fiction is the Abstraction and Simulation of Social Experience

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The Function of Fiction is the Abstraction and Simulation of Social Experience (2021)

Directed by Mac Andre Arboleda

“"Do you masturbate?"”

Documentary · 4m

Image production is fiction-weaving. Together with Sheena Absalud, we spent an entire day in Pride Month in my room documenting ourselves using different cameras: three mobile phones, one action camera, one CCTV camera, and one laptop, while asking each other questions about our asexuality. Recognizing the role of the moving image in constructing prejudice, self-identity, and desires, and therefore the expansion of neoliberalism, "The Function of Fiction" attempts to abandon temptations to define “asexuality” and its place in the context of “LGBTQIA+”, in pursuit of new socialities and possibilities. Music in the film was spawned with plants and machines.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Mac Andre Arboleda
Editor
Geraldine Loares
Producer
Mac Andre Arboleda

Details

Release date
2021-10-17
Runtime
4m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
TL
Spoken languages
English, Tagalog
Countries
Philippines
Production
UP Film Circle
Budget
$200