Kamila Kuc

Visions of Avant-Garde Film

Polish Cinematic Experiments from Expressionism to Constructivism

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Produktbeschreibung

In this comprehensive and accessible study, Kamila Kuc draws on myriad undiscovered archival sources to tell the history of early Polish avant-garde movements-Symbolism, Expressionism, Futurism, and Constructivism-and to reveal their impact on later practices in art cinema.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9780253023971
• ISBN-10: 0253023971
• Artikelnr.: 45000803

Autorenporträt

Kamila Kuc is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London. A writer, experimental filmmaker and curator, she publishes widely on the subject of film and media. She has curated programs of experimental film for international film festivals and venues and her films have been screened at international film festivals. More information on her work can be found at her website: www.kamilakuc.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: Proto-Cinematic Phase: The Pioneers (1896 - 1918)
1. "The Cinematograph" and Historical Consciousness: Actualities and the
Early Experiments with Film in the Polish Territories
2. Discovering Medium Specificity: The First Polish Claims for Film as Art
3. The First Polish Experiment with Film: Feliks Kuczkowski's Animation in
the Context of the International Avant-Garde
Part Two: Polish Avant-Garde Movements and Film (1919 - 1945)
4. Karol Irzykowski's The Tenth Muse: Animated Film as the Highest Form of
Film Art
5. The Theoretical Apparatus: Polish Futurism and Avant-Garde Film
6. Polish Avant-Garde Films, Discourses, and the Concept of Photogénie
7. Polish Avant-Garde Film and Constructivism
Conclusion
Selected Bibliography
Index