Film: 'Frankenstein' (1931), introduced by Martijntje Smits

The obsessed Dr. Henry Frankenstein is far ahead of his time. He succeeds in bringing dead tissue to life. Screening of the classic 1931 movie adaptation of Mary Shelley's epistolary novel. Introduced by philosopher, engineer and innovation thinker Martijntje Smits.

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Date and time Friday 18 January 2019 22:30 tot 23:55 uur
Location Filmhuis - zaal 2

Boris Karloff plays the best known film monster of all time in an iconic film adaptation of a story that over time seems to only gain relevance. Two hundred years ago, Mary Shelley wrote her epistolary novel about fundamentel questions regarding human existence. As film Frankenstein changes the story on many points. On screen, the scientist uses electricity to bring his creature to life. In the end also this film classic focuses on the central question 'why are we here and what can we do?'  The film, in English without subtitles, is introduced by philosopher, engineer and innovation thinker Martijntje Smits.

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Martijntje Smits

is a philosopher of technology, an engineer, and a scholar in innovation sciences. She works as a researcher and lecturer at various universities and institutes. As a philosopher of technology, she focuses on tech and the future, and her work questions the way technological visions of the future are taken for granted. Smits has written several books about technology and robotics, among them Monsterbezwering, de culturele domesticatie van nieuwe technologie (2002; Taming monsters: the cultural domestication of technology). Recently, she edited and co-authored the essay collection Robot Love, which coincided with the exhibition of the same name in Eindhoven, and later this year will see the release of her book Frankensteins blinde vlek (working title; Frankenstein’s blind spot).
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