Revista Ingenio (Jan 2014)
Proving the existence of a monster
Abstract
The photographic image and later the movement captured on video have been debated since their inception as vehicles of truth or excuses to express subjectivity. Despite the unresolved dilemma, agreements have been established in which certain formal and aesthetic characteristics of the image are observed as true, as documentary evidence of something that exists or existed. However valid the methods may be to deprive the image of subjectivity, such as photography in its beginnings, or however heroic artistic manifestos may be to demystify the informational television image, the use of static or moving images reveals the intentions of whoever is behind of the camera or in front of the edition, and in the specific case of Chris Cuningham with "Rubber Johnny", the use of well-known conventions within television and documentaries to create dark and personal fictions, to make you believe for a moment that monsters exist.
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