Description
Chantal Akerman was one of the most significant directors of our times. A radical innovator of cinematic forms, she was at the forefront of feminist and women's filmmaking. In the 1990s, she developed an important installation practice and began to experiment with self-writing.
Focusing on Akerman's works of the last two decades, a period during which she diversified her creative practice, this collection traces her artistic trajectory across different media. From her documentaries 'bordering on fiction' to her final installation, NOW, the volume elucidates the thematic and aesthetic concerns of the later works, placing particular emphasis on self-portraiture, the exploration of intimacy, and the treatment of trauma, memory and exile. It also attends to the aural and visual textures that underpin her art. Drawing on a wide range of theoretical approaches as well as engaging more creatively with Akerman's work, the essays provide a new optic for understanding this deeply personal, prescient oeuvre.
Marion Schmid is Professor of French Literature and Film at the University of Edinburgh. Emma Wilson is Professor of French Literature and the Visual Arts at the University of Cambridge.
Author: Emma Wilson
Publisher: Legenda
Published: 08/30/2021
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.39d
ISBN13: 9781781886403
ISBN10: 1781886407
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Performing Arts | Individual Director
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