Panopticon Machines

A programme in the cycle Si seulement… A cycle of screenings programmed by the workshop “En quête d’autres regards”, every two months since January 2006 at the MK2 Beaubourg film theatre.

La Machine panoptique

Pascal Kané, 17’ Prod. Les Films de la Boule blanche, 1979 In 1786, the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham imagined the ideal penitentiary, the “Panopticon”, designed to keep inmates under surveillance and rule over their condition. Thursday (...)

Optimum, les pionniers du meilleur des mondes

Henry Colomer, 55’ Prod. Idéale Audience, 2000 Three 19th century English visionaries, amongst whom we fi nd Jeremy Bentham, imagine a society where all human resources must be optimised and made profi table. Thursday March 13th 9.00pm, MK2 (...)