{"id":12208,"date":"2013-09-12T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a-desk.org\/2013\/09\/12\/the-arcade-fire-reflejos-humanos\/"},"modified":"2017-09-19T19:22:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T19:22:23","slug":"the-arcade-fire-reflejos-humanos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/a-desk.org\/en\/magazine\/the-arcade-fire-reflejos-humanos\/","title":{"rendered":"The Arcade Fire: Reflejos humanos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-8127\" src=\"http:\/\/a-desk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/reflektor_edit.jpg\" alt=\"reflektor_edit.jpg\" align=\"left\" width=\"670\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a-desk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/reflektor_edit.jpg 670w, https:\/\/a-desk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/reflektor_edit-595x255.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><br \/>\nEl 9\/9 a las 9pm apareci\u00f3 el primer single de lo nuevo de The Arcade Fire. \u201cReflektor\u201d es, con la producci\u00f3n de James Murphy (ex-LCD Soundsystem) y la colaboraci\u00f3n de David Bowie, un <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7E0fVfectDo\"><em>temazo<\/em><\/a>. \u201c\u00c9pica de baile\u201d, no. Mejor \u201cEpic pop\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Lo interesante de este lanzamiento va m\u00e1s all\u00e1. El v\u00eddeo (los v\u00eddeos) y la letra de \u201cReflektor\u201d orbitan en torno a preocupaciones actuales como la virtualidad, la soledad, el desarraigo, el simulacro, la posmoderna p\u00e9rdida de <em>reflejos<\/em> ante la realidad. En la frase \u201cWe\u2019re still connected\/but are we even friends?\u201d (\u201cseguimos conectados\/\u00bfpero somos siquiera amigos?) la referencia al mundo de las apariencias\/espejismos en las redes sociales es clara. Idea que subyace del argumento de la pel\u00edcula \u201cDisconnect\u201d (Henry Alex Rubin, 2012), acerca de la influencia de las nuevas tecnolog\u00edas en nuestras vidas. C\u00f3mo tanta conexi\u00f3n virtual acaba por desconectarnos de lo real.<\/p>\n<p>The Arcade Fire se ponen filos\u00f3ficos. En la primera estrofa afirman que vivimos en la \u201creflective age\u201d (\u201cera reflexiva\u201d, en el sentido de que \u201crefracta\u201d, no que re-piense). El muy recomendable libro \u201cPresent Shock\u201d (Douglas Rushkiff, Ed. Current, 2013) aborda y profundiza este pensamiento. \u201cCuando todo ocurre ahora\u201d, se subtitula. No somos conscientes de las consecuencias del fin del futuro y del pasado, de los que tan s\u00f3lo nos llegan reflejos. Un ejemplo: ya no existen corrientes de arte (ismos), sino reflejos de dichas tendencias.<\/p>\n<p>Dos v\u00eddeos circulan por internet. En el segundo, de tono f\u00fanebre, dirigido por Anton Corbijn, vemos en varios planos una bola de discoteca, con sus peque\u00f1os espejitos. La misma esfera que nos alumbra mientras nos creemos \u201crockstars\u201d en la pista de baile. Como zombies. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justareflektor.com\/\">El primer video<\/a> es obra de Vincen Morisset, y es interactivo (mediante una tecnolog\u00eda que promete marcar una revoluci\u00f3n). Aparece un personaje con una antorcha y una camiseta donde se lee \u201cVerit\u00e9\u201d. Es la luz de la verdad. La protagonista le sigue, pero en el camino es interpelada por una secta de reflejos. Le entregan un espejo y ella lo rompe. En ese momento nuestra cara (a trav\u00e9s de la webcam que debemos conectar) aparece reflejada en los pedazos rotos. Una alusi\u00f3n al narcisismo <em>selfie<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>La protagonista del v\u00eddeo acaba convertida en una integrante m\u00e1s de la secta de reflejos, bailando en un desfile en Hait\u00ed, pa\u00eds lleno de reflejos de un pasado anterior, el Colonialismo; de una cultura pasada, la francesa, y de \u201creflejos humanos\u201d, los <em>zombies<\/em> del vud\u00fa.<\/p>\n<p>En los espejos retrovisores (retro: pasado) de los coches aparece escrito &#8220;Objects in mirror are closer than they appear&#8221; (\u201cLos objetos en el espejo est\u00e1n m\u00e1s cerca de lo que aparentan\u201d). La progresiva p\u00e9rdida de reflejos hacia la realidad puede derivar en una desconexi\u00f3n absoluta. Y quiz\u00e1s ese panorama est\u00e9 m\u00e1s cerca de lo que parece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El 9\/9 a las 9pm apareci\u00f3 el primer single de lo nuevo de The Arcade Fire. \u201cReflektor\u201d es, con la producci\u00f3n de James Murphy (ex-LCD Soundsystem) y la colaboraci\u00f3n de&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1265,"featured_media":15070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6783],"tags":[5574],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Arcade Fire: Reflejos humanos &#8211; 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