Cinematic Chronotopes : Here, Now, Me

209 Pages·2014·1.434 MB·English

by  Pepita Hesselberth

Cinematic Chronotopes

Cinematic Chronotopes
Here, Now, Me
Pepita Hesselberth
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Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgments x
Introduction 1
The site of cinema 3
Cinematic time 6
Deixis 9
Flashing forward 14
1 HERE—Locating the Cinematic 21
Expanded cinema: Proliferating screens 23
It’s about time (Or is it?): Situating 25
Other rooms: Re-scaling 30
Outer and inner space: Expanding 39
Locating the cinematic: Here 49
2 NOW—Navigating Cinematic Time 51
Handheld histories: Authenticity, reflexivity, corporeality 55
Authentic encounters: Zusje (Little Sister) 60
Affective encounters: Rosetta 64
Traumatic encounters: Idioterne (The Idiots) 72
Navigating cinematic time: Now 79
3 Me—Situating Cinematic Presence 81
3D and the demise of the Euclidian subject 85
Projection: From subject-effect to presence-effect 90
Presence and the temporality of the event 94
The experience of agency 101
Situating cinematic presence: Me 108
4 Coda—Flash Forward 111
vi Contents
Notes 129
Filmography and Artworks 150
Bibliography 154
Index 177
List of Illustrations
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0.1–0.6 Phillips’ Carousel Commercial (Adam Berg, Stink Digital, 2009).
Reprinted by permission of Stink Digital and Phillips. 2
0.7 F ilmstrip from “Rape” (Film No. 5) (Yoko Ono, 1969).
Reprinted by permission of the Artist. 17
0.8 David Rokeby: Seen. Installation at the Venice Biennale of
Architecture, Italy 2002. Reprinted by permission of the Artist. 19
1.1 D OEK! Outdoor Film Festival Schiedam, The Netherlands 2001.
Photo by: Frans Huisman. Reprinted by permission of Frans
Huisman. 21
1.2 M achteld Aardse & Anne Verhoijsen: Iran en Route. Video
projections at Club 11 Post CS Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2006. © Machteld Aardse & Anne Verhoijsen. Photo by:
Machteld Aardse. Reprinted by permission of the Artists. 21
1.3 Doug Aitken, sleepwalkers, 2007. Six-channel, seven-screen,
multi-projection outdoor video installation, Museum of Modern
Art, New York. CREDIT: Courtesy 303 Gallery, New York;
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich; Victoria Miro Gallery, London;
and Regen Projects, Los Angeles. Photo © Frederick Charles,
fcharles.com. Reprinted by permission of Frederick Charles. 21
1.4 “TV-Scape” at Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms.
12 October 2007 – 13 January 2008. Guest-curator: Eva Meyer-
Hermann. Scenography: Chezweitz & Roseapple, Berlin.
Location: Stedelijk Museum CS, Oosterdokskade 3/5, 1011 AD,
Amsterdam, Netherlands. Photo: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
Reprinted by permission of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. 31
1.5 “Filmscape” at Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms.
12 October 2007 – 13 January 2008. Guest-curator: Eva Meyer-
Hermann. Scenography: Chezweitz & Roseapple, Berlin.
viii List of Illustrations
Location: Stedelijk Museum CS, Oosterdokskade 3/5, 1011 AD,
Amsterdam, Netherlands. Photos by: Gert Jan van Rooij.
Reprinted by permission of Gert Jan van Rooij. 31
1.6–1.8 Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms, Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam (2008). Photos by: Pepita Hesselberth. 33
1.9 Warhol’s Outer and Inner Space (1965). Photo taken at
“Filmscape,” Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2008. 45
2.1–2.6 Screenshots Zusje (Robert Jan Westdijk, 1995).
Reprinted by permission of Grote Broer Filmwerken. 51
2.7–2.9 Looks into the camera in Zusje (Robert Jan Westdijk 1995). 62
2.10–2.12 The surveillant second camera in Zusje
(Robert Jan Westdijk 1995). 62
2.13–2.18 Screenshots Rosetta (Jean-Luc and Pierre Dardenne, 1999).
Reprinted by permission of Christine Plenus. 64
2.19–2.24 Final scene in Rosetta (Jean-Luc and Pierre Dardenne 1999) 69
2.25–2.32 Screenshots Idioterne (Lars von Trier, 1995). Reprinted by
permission of Zentropa. 77
2.33–2.34 Jeppe, corridor sequence. Idioterne (Lars von Trier 1995) 78
3.1 Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Body Movies. Schouwburgplein,
V2 Cultural Capital of Europe, Rotterdam, The Netherlands,
2001. Arie Kievit. Photo by: Arie Kievit. Reprinted by
permission of the Artist and Arie Kieviet. 82
3.2 Samuel van Hoogstaten. “’t Spel van den Schaduwendans.”
Inleyding tot de Hooge Schoole der Schilderkonst: anders de
zichtbaere werelt. 1677. 260. Bijzonder Collecties,
University of Amsterdam, OTM: O 62-6094. 83
3.3 Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Body Movies, Museum of Art,
Hong Kong, China (2006). Photo by: Antimodular Research.
Reprinted by permission of the Artist. 91
3.4 Dan Graham: Present Continuous Past(s) (1974). Reprinted by
permission of the Artist and the Marian Goodman Gallery, NY. 92
3.5 Peter Campus: Interface (1972). Reprinted by permission of
the Artist and the Tierney Gardarin Gallery, NY. 92
3.6 Myron W. Krueger: Videoplace (1975) Golden Nica Prix Ars
Electronica 1990 “Interaktive Kunst.” Reprinted by permission
of the Artist and Katrin Hinrichsen. 92
List of Illustrations ix
3.7–3.18 Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Body Movies. Screenshots.
Schouwburgplein, Institute for Unstable Media – V2, Cultural
Capital of Europe, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2001).
Reprinted by permission of the Artist. 107
3.19–3.22 Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Body Movies. Screenshots.
Te Papa Museum, New Zealand International Arts Festival,
Wellington, New Zealand (2008). Reprinted by Permission
of the Artist. Photos courtesy of Chiaradina
Cerweny | www.chiaradina.com 108
4.1–4.12 Screenshots Source Code (Duncan Jones, 2011). 115–126