{"product_id":"a-companion-to-experimental-cinema-9781119107903","title":"A Companion to Experimental Cinema","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn exploration of what experimental cinema was, is, and might become A Companion to Experimental Cinema is a collection of original essays organized around both theoretical and historical issues of concern to film scholars, programmers, filmmakers, and viewers. Newly-commissioned essays written by specialists in the field, along with dialogues conducted with a diverse range of practitioners, focus on core subjects to present an international array of overlapping and contrasting perspectives. This unique text not only provides detailed accounts of particular films and filmmakers, but also discusses new approaches of understanding, characterizing, and shaping experimental cinema.    The Companion offers readers an accessible point of entry to the material while seeking to contribute to scholarly debates. Essays explore a wide range of topics within the realm of experimental film, including the shift from traditional biography to broader contexts, the increased attention afforded to local\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFederico Windhausen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Overviews 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Poetry and “Film Poetics” 17\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Keller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Cinematic Specificity, Intermediality, and the European Avant-Garde 40\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMalcolm Turvey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Expanded Cinema: Then and Now 59\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonathan Walley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Sketches of Spain: The Production and Circulation of Spanish Experimental Cinema 84\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJosetxo Cerdán and Miguel Fernández Labayen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Underground and the Institution: Spaces and Practices of French Experimental Film (1950–1980) 111\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEnrico Camporesi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Hollywood as Home Movies: Queer Diaristic Film \u0026amp; Video 136\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJon Davies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Nothing Clarifies an Image Like Another Image: New Approaches to Found Footage Filmmaking 160\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eErica Levin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Disquieting Soundtracks: The Sonorities of Experimental Cinema 182\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJuan A. Suárez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Music Visualization and Medium Expansion: Key Themes in Experimental Animation 210\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Taberham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Case Studies 231\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Collage, Montage and Assemblage: The Instantaneity of Frames in Gregory J. Markopoulos’ Cinema 233\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrançois Bovier (translated by Miranda Stewart)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Experiment, Cybernetics, and the Formal Film in Britain 260\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLucy Reynolds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Agitation and Involvement: Narcisa Hirsch’s Come Out and Michael Snow’s Wavelength 284\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFederico Windhausen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Rebellion of the Body: Hijikata Tatsumi, Performance Documentation and Japanese Experimental Film 307\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulian Ross\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Feminist Filmmaking from the Ground Up: Three Films from the 1980s 325\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichele Pierson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Barbara Hammer, Optical Printing, and a Theory of Touch 349\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Powers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Exchanges 369\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Approaching India: Remarks on a Diversity of Moving Image Practices 371\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLalitha Gopalan, Shai Heredia, and Shanay Jhaveri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 On the Visibility of Women’s Experimental Cinema: Birgit Hein and Ute Aurand in Germany 390\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSylvia Schedelbauer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 “Where Are Those Lines?”: Discussions about and around Experimental Ethnography with Sky Hopinka, Naeem Mohaiemen and Deborah Stratman 410\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJason Fox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Platform, Showcase, Gathering, Exchange: A Conversation about Film Festivals with Erika Balsom, George Clark, Chris Kennedy, Eduardo Thomas, and Koyo Yamashita 433\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChris Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 453\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406986977623,"sku":"9781119107903","price":130.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119107903.jpg?v=1730497796","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-experimental-cinema-9781119107903","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}