James Benning's Environments: Politics, Ecology, Duration
Nikolaj Lübecker (editor), Daniele Rugo (editor)
For more than forty years, the experimental filmmaker James Benning has been engaged in a systematic investigation of the relations between man, landscape, and the filmic medium, and during the last decade it has become increasingly clear how much these investigations have to offer to
contemporary debates about ecology, the age of the anthropocene and the potentialities of new digital technologies. In James Benning's Environments a range of international scholars highlight the thematic and formal coherence of Benning's practice, whilst providing readers with an artistic and
historical context to understand his experimental film work. The volume offers a number of interpretative frameworks drawing on film theory, environmental humanities, visual culture and philosophy, explaining why Benning has emerged as one of today's essential filmmakers.
contemporary debates about ecology, the age of the anthropocene and the potentialities of new digital technologies. In James Benning's Environments a range of international scholars highlight the thematic and formal coherence of Benning's practice, whilst providing readers with an artistic and
historical context to understand his experimental film work. The volume offers a number of interpretative frameworks drawing on film theory, environmental humanities, visual culture and philosophy, explaining why Benning has emerged as one of today's essential filmmakers.
Kateqoriyalar:
İl:
2018
Nəşr:
2
Nəşriyyat:
Edinburgh Univ Pr
Dil:
english
Səhifələr:
184
ISBN 10:
1474417949
ISBN 13:
9781474417945
Fayl:
PDF, 15.65 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2018