Aesthetic realism and subjectivation. From Chris Marker to the Medvedkin Groups

In a well-known discussion between Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze from 1972 on the relationship between intellectuals and power, Foucault states that the intellectual’s traditional task has been to say the truth to those who haven’t seen it yet and to say the truth in the name of those who are not able to say it. Consequently “conscience and eloquence” are the traditional characteristics of the politicized intellectual. Against this characterization, Foucault argues that a change has happ..