Abstract
Coming from a combined architectural and media studies background, the author wants to draw attention to the relation between moving images and the physical
environments where they are viewed by concentrating on alternative screens
in Western avant-garde cinematic practices. As a part of alternative exhibition
modes, alternative screens have largely been overlooked in film studies. Alternative screens exist mostly in non-entertainment cinematic practices, where we discover numerous examples whose aesthetic experience is based on their location, spatiality, and site specificity. Thus, the specific context of the exhibition space and how the screen appears within that space will be at the center of my investigation. Such an approach foregrounds the physical space and highlights attributes such as spatiality, materiality, performance, liveness, hapticity, interactivity, immersion, multiplicity, and three-dimensionality – all in contrast to the conventional “flat” screen experience.
environments where they are viewed by concentrating on alternative screens
in Western avant-garde cinematic practices. As a part of alternative exhibition
modes, alternative screens have largely been overlooked in film studies. Alternative screens exist mostly in non-entertainment cinematic practices, where we discover numerous examples whose aesthetic experience is based on their location, spatiality, and site specificity. Thus, the specific context of the exhibition space and how the screen appears within that space will be at the center of my investigation. Such an approach foregrounds the physical space and highlights attributes such as spatiality, materiality, performance, liveness, hapticity, interactivity, immersion, multiplicity, and three-dimensionality – all in contrast to the conventional “flat” screen experience.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | XXII International Film Studies Conference – Film Forum Proceedings |
| Place of Publication | Udine |
| Chapter | 3. The Cinematic Museums: Art, Science and Cultural Heritage on Screen |
| Edition | English, French Bilingual edition |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |