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Tantes nits sense dormir. Capítol 1
So many sleepless nights. Chapter 1
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In detriment to a conception of sleep as a vital and natural function of the body, in recent decades a pragmatic way of conceiving sleep has been emerging, detaching it from the idea of necessity, and understanding it as something that can be regulated and instrumentalised, especially for the benefit of the dynamics of productivity, performance and optimisation. In this first chapter of So many sleepless nights, we address the question of sleep deprivation and its relationship with performance and the commodification of life in a constellating way, based on theoretical and socio-economic references, historical facts and anecdotes.
Episode by Alexandra Laudo
Language: Catalan
With references and bibliographical quotations from texts by Alexei Penzin, Jonathan Crary, Plato and Marx, and Jaime González's article "Nootropics: the "smart drugs" in fashion in Silicon Valley" (BBC Mundo, 2015), as well as different apps for monitoring and improving sleep.
With excerpts from the music tracks Otra noche sin dormir by Rosendo and Barricada, Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head) by Powfu ft. beababoobee, Godzilla by Eminem ft. Juice WRLD and Goodnight Moon by Shivaree.
General coordination by Matias Rossi.
We live under the 24/7 paradigm, where neo-capitalism, globalisation and the culture of hyper-connectivity define a society in which the difference between time for productivity and time for rest is increasingly blurred.
In an incandescent world, where the lighting of cities, roads and motorways, and also the screens of our devices, rival the darkness of night, and where wakefulness and constant operability are rewarded, sleep is a strangeness, an exceptional time in which we are neither workers nor consumers.
So many sleepless nights explores the status of sleep and rest time in a society where productivity and consumption never stop. Is it possible to imagine a future in which humans do not sleep? In a 24/7 world, can sleep be a political action, an act of resistance?
This project has been supported by the Barcelona Crea 2021 Grants from Barcelona City Council.
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