Contreras, CarlosCarlosContreras2026-02-262026-02-262023-01-0110.5281/zenodo.8212110https://cris-uv-2.scimago.es/handle/123456789/8769This article thinks about the film essay in the double context of the generation of knowledge in the academy and in the current global situation, where the correspondence between the representation of things and modern subjectivity seems to be broken forever. Therefore, displacing the representation and sketching subjective possibilities are tasks that must be strengthened and thought about. In such a context, the condition of writing and the possibility of going a step further are considered here. This step involves leave out all kind of representations of matter in order to think just from this one the development of a knowledge for these times. Hence, the audiovisual matter is a real possibility of knowing. Cinema and writing are singularities in the work with materials.text::journal::journal article