The teaching of "Movements and authors of the cinema" is part of the training activities characterizing the master's degree course in "Cinema, television and multimedia production". Its intent is to deal with particularly significant periods, themes, styles, works and authors in the history of national and international cinema. The course aims to provide methodological tools and in-depth knowledge in the field of history and aesthetics, to stimulate the ability to critically confront the documental sources, and to acquire a skill in analyzing filmic texts.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
A selection of texts edited by the teacher, available at the beginning of the course at the photocopy shop of via G. Rocco 11.
FILMOGRAPHY
SINGLE-CHANNEL MOVIES AND VIDEOS
The Corridor (Norman McLaren, anni '50); Blinkity Blank (Norman McLaren, 1955); N.Y., N.Y. – A Day in New York (Francis Thompson, 1957); Bridges-Go-Round (Shirley Clarke, 1958); Broadway by Light (William Klein, 1958); New York Lightboard (Norman McLaren, 1961); Sulle scale mobili (Bruno Munari e Marcello Piccardo, 1964); Empire (Andy Warhol, 1964); Lights (Marie Menken, 1964-1966);Tre e basta (Luca Maria Patella, 1965); (Back and Forth, 1968) di Michael Snow (1968); Necrology (Roll Call Of The Dead) di Standish D. Lawder (1969); Serene Velocity (Ernie Gehr, 1970); Broadwalk (William Raban, 1971); Synchromy (Norman McLaren, 1971); Shift (Ernie Gehr, 1972-1974); Park Film (Chris Welsby, 1973); Eureka (Ernie Gehr,1974); Nuovo libro (Nowa ksiazka, Zbigniew Rybczynski, 1975); Analogies: Studies in the Movement of Time (Peter Rose, 1977); Mein Fenster (La mia finestra, Zbigniew Rybczynski, 1979); Media (Zbigniew Rybczynski, 1980); Tango (Zbigniew Rybczynski, 1980); Mistaken Memories of Mediaeval Manhattan (Brian Eno, 1981-1982); Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1983); Two Times in One Space (Ivan Ladislav Galeta, 1976-1984); Signal – Germany on the Air (Ernie Gehr, 1985); Steel Cathedrals (Yasuyuki Yamaguchi, David Sylvian, 1985); Le deuxième jour (Robert Cahen, 1988); Hong Kong Song (Robert Cahen, 1989); Appunti di viaggio su moda e città (Wim Wenders, 1989); Surveillance (Jem Cohen, 1995); X-Rays (Jem Cohen, 1995); Lost Book Found (Jem Cohen, 1996); Lucy et le fantôme de Marcushelmons (Valérie Pavia, 1996); Monocodes (Alexander Rutterford, 2000); Naqoyqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 2002); Crossings (H.C. Gilje, 2002); Panorama_Roma (ZimmerFrei, 2004); Crossings (Marina Chernikova, 2004); Exchangeable Cities (Kentaro Taki, 2004); Site specific_Roma 04 (Olivo Barbieri, 2004); Site specific_Las Vegas 05 (Olivo Barbieri, 2005); Tournis (François Vogel, 2006); Reflect (spot Motorola, François Vogel, 2007); Fell It (spot ATP, Luis Nieto, 2007); Empire II (Amos Poe, 2007).
INSTALLATIONS, VIDEOINSTALLATIONS, INTERACTIVE ART
Intervento per lo Scalone, IX Triennale di Milano (Lucio Fontana, 1951); Italia 61 (Soffitto Padiglione, Torino, Lucio Fontana, 1961); Ambienti stroboscopici (Davide Boriani, 1965-1967); Live-taped Video Corridor (Bruce Nauman, 1970); Present Continuous Past (Dan Graham, 1974);
Video Piece for Showcase Windows In Shopping Arcade (Dan Graham, 1976);Video Piece for Two Glass Office Buildings (Dan Graham, 1976); Alteration to a Suburban House (Dan Graham, 1978);
Video Projection Outside Home (Dan Graham, 1978); Titled Arc (Federal Plaza, New York, Richard Serra, 1981);Vedute – quel tale non sta mai fermo (Studio Azzurro, 1985); The Legible City (Jeffrey Shaw, 1988-1991); The Stairs I – Geneva (Peter Greenaway, 1994); The Georgetown Loop (Ken Jacobs, 1996); Périphérie (Miguel Chevalier, 1998);On View (Antoni Muntadas, 1999); Megalopoli (Studio Azzurro, 2000); Naples (piazza Plebiscito, Napoli, Richard Serra, 2000); Exercising Nowheres (1), (2) e (3) (Hans op de Beeck, 2000); CECUT Projection (Omnimax Theater, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Mexico, Krzysztof Wodiczko, 2000); Macchina dell’arcobaleno (Alberto Biasi, 2000); Location (2) (Hans op de Beeck, 2001); WalkAround (Patrick Tuttofuoco , 2002); Metapolis (Miguel Chevalier, 2002); Y (Patrick Tuttofuoco, 2004); T-Mart (Hans op de Beeck, 2004); Location (5) (Hans op de Beeck, 2004); Celestial Subway Lines/ Salvaging Noise (Ken Jacobs, 2004); Revolving Landscape (Patrick Tuttofuoco, 2006); Sleepwalkers (Doug Aitken, 2007); Crossborders (Miguel Chevalier, 2007); Location (6) (Hans op de Beeck, 2008).
MUSIC VIDEO, VISUAL, VJ’ING
Se telefonando (spot Barilla, Piero Gherardi, 1966); Under pressure (music video Queen feat. David Bowie) di David Mallet e Andy Morahan (1982); Imagine (music video John Lennon) di Zbig Rybczynski (1987); La tour de Pisa (music video Jean François Cohen) di Michel Gondry (1992); Big Time Sensuality (music video Björk) di Stéphane Sednaoui (1992); Love is Strong (music video Rolling Stones) di David Fincher (1995); Children (music video Robert Miles) di Elizabeth Bailey (1996); Ray of Light (music video Madonna) di Jonas Âkerlund (1997); Non è mai stato subito (music video Biagio Antonacci) di Stefano Salvati (1998); Brown Paper Bag (music video Roni Size/Reprazent, 1998); The Child (music video dj Alex Gopher) di Antoine Bardou-Jacquet (1999); Strong Enough (music video Cher) di Nigel Dick (1999); Freestyler (music video Bomfunk MC’S, 2000); This strange effect (music video Hooverphonic, 2000); Analyse (music video Cranberries) di Keir McFarlane (2001); Star Guitar (music video The Chemical Brothers) di Michel Gondry (2002); Come Into My World (music video Kylie Minogue) di Michel Gondry (2002); Growing Up (music video Peter Gabriel) di François Vogel (2002); Sit Down. Stand Up (music video Radiohead) di Ed Holdsworth (2003); Woodsroads (Saul Saguatti , 2003-2004); Tension (visual Orbital) di Giles Thacker (2004); I Citizen The Loathsome (visual Plaid) di Bob Jaroc (2006); Colombo (music video Baustelle) di Stefano Poletti (2007); Presunti Accenni (music video IG) di Fabio Massimo Iaquone, Luca Attilii (2007); Se vuoi (music video IG) di Fabio Massimo Iaquone, Luca Attilii (2007); Transit City #2 RomAstratta (Saul Saguatti, 2008)
NET AND SOFTWARE ART
Blinkenlights (2001) Chaos Computer Club; Arcade (2002) Chaos Computer Club; Avatar's Portraits (2006) Eva e Franco Mattes; Stereoscope (2008) Chaos Computer Club.
Films will be shown in full or in part during lessons. Dvd copies will be available at the Biblioteca "Lino Miccichè", via Ostiense 139 together with a lecture note with the audiovisual materials of the lessons (for internal use only).
Programme
Employing the methodologies of contemporary visual studies, the course recomposes late-nineteenth and twentieth-century aesthetic theories and orientations with current reflections, focusing attention on the urban forms of artistic experimentation: from avant-garde cinema to the underground, from electronic and digital arts to the web, from the commercial to the music video, up to Vj'ing. The course wants to relate the changes of the urban habitat with those of the contemporary media landscape, investigating the hybridization territories between cinema, video, architecture and visual arts, considering the new perceptive and cognitive, aesthetic and technological forms that have emerged in the current audiovisual system.Core Documentation
G. Ravesi, La città delle immagini, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli 2011.A selection of texts edited by the teacher, available at the beginning of the course at the photocopy shop of via G. Rocco 11.
FILMOGRAPHY
SINGLE-CHANNEL MOVIES AND VIDEOS
The Corridor (Norman McLaren, anni '50); Blinkity Blank (Norman McLaren, 1955); N.Y., N.Y. – A Day in New York (Francis Thompson, 1957); Bridges-Go-Round (Shirley Clarke, 1958); Broadway by Light (William Klein, 1958); New York Lightboard (Norman McLaren, 1961); Sulle scale mobili (Bruno Munari e Marcello Piccardo, 1964); Empire (Andy Warhol, 1964); Lights (Marie Menken, 1964-1966);Tre e basta (Luca Maria Patella, 1965); (Back and Forth, 1968) di Michael Snow (1968); Necrology (Roll Call Of The Dead) di Standish D. Lawder (1969); Serene Velocity (Ernie Gehr, 1970); Broadwalk (William Raban, 1971); Synchromy (Norman McLaren, 1971); Shift (Ernie Gehr, 1972-1974); Park Film (Chris Welsby, 1973); Eureka (Ernie Gehr,1974); Nuovo libro (Nowa ksiazka, Zbigniew Rybczynski, 1975); Analogies: Studies in the Movement of Time (Peter Rose, 1977); Mein Fenster (La mia finestra, Zbigniew Rybczynski, 1979); Media (Zbigniew Rybczynski, 1980); Tango (Zbigniew Rybczynski, 1980); Mistaken Memories of Mediaeval Manhattan (Brian Eno, 1981-1982); Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1983); Two Times in One Space (Ivan Ladislav Galeta, 1976-1984); Signal – Germany on the Air (Ernie Gehr, 1985); Steel Cathedrals (Yasuyuki Yamaguchi, David Sylvian, 1985); Le deuxième jour (Robert Cahen, 1988); Hong Kong Song (Robert Cahen, 1989); Appunti di viaggio su moda e città (Wim Wenders, 1989); Surveillance (Jem Cohen, 1995); X-Rays (Jem Cohen, 1995); Lost Book Found (Jem Cohen, 1996); Lucy et le fantôme de Marcushelmons (Valérie Pavia, 1996); Monocodes (Alexander Rutterford, 2000); Naqoyqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 2002); Crossings (H.C. Gilje, 2002); Panorama_Roma (ZimmerFrei, 2004); Crossings (Marina Chernikova, 2004); Exchangeable Cities (Kentaro Taki, 2004); Site specific_Roma 04 (Olivo Barbieri, 2004); Site specific_Las Vegas 05 (Olivo Barbieri, 2005); Tournis (François Vogel, 2006); Reflect (spot Motorola, François Vogel, 2007); Fell It (spot ATP, Luis Nieto, 2007); Empire II (Amos Poe, 2007).
INSTALLATIONS, VIDEOINSTALLATIONS, INTERACTIVE ART
Intervento per lo Scalone, IX Triennale di Milano (Lucio Fontana, 1951); Italia 61 (Soffitto Padiglione, Torino, Lucio Fontana, 1961); Ambienti stroboscopici (Davide Boriani, 1965-1967); Live-taped Video Corridor (Bruce Nauman, 1970); Present Continuous Past (Dan Graham, 1974);
Video Piece for Showcase Windows In Shopping Arcade (Dan Graham, 1976);Video Piece for Two Glass Office Buildings (Dan Graham, 1976); Alteration to a Suburban House (Dan Graham, 1978);
Video Projection Outside Home (Dan Graham, 1978); Titled Arc (Federal Plaza, New York, Richard Serra, 1981);Vedute – quel tale non sta mai fermo (Studio Azzurro, 1985); The Legible City (Jeffrey Shaw, 1988-1991); The Stairs I – Geneva (Peter Greenaway, 1994); The Georgetown Loop (Ken Jacobs, 1996); Périphérie (Miguel Chevalier, 1998);On View (Antoni Muntadas, 1999); Megalopoli (Studio Azzurro, 2000); Naples (piazza Plebiscito, Napoli, Richard Serra, 2000); Exercising Nowheres (1), (2) e (3) (Hans op de Beeck, 2000); CECUT Projection (Omnimax Theater, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Mexico, Krzysztof Wodiczko, 2000); Macchina dell’arcobaleno (Alberto Biasi, 2000); Location (2) (Hans op de Beeck, 2001); WalkAround (Patrick Tuttofuoco , 2002); Metapolis (Miguel Chevalier, 2002); Y (Patrick Tuttofuoco, 2004); T-Mart (Hans op de Beeck, 2004); Location (5) (Hans op de Beeck, 2004); Celestial Subway Lines/ Salvaging Noise (Ken Jacobs, 2004); Revolving Landscape (Patrick Tuttofuoco, 2006); Sleepwalkers (Doug Aitken, 2007); Crossborders (Miguel Chevalier, 2007); Location (6) (Hans op de Beeck, 2008).
MUSIC VIDEO, VISUAL, VJ’ING
Se telefonando (spot Barilla, Piero Gherardi, 1966); Under pressure (music video Queen feat. David Bowie) di David Mallet e Andy Morahan (1982); Imagine (music video John Lennon) di Zbig Rybczynski (1987); La tour de Pisa (music video Jean François Cohen) di Michel Gondry (1992); Big Time Sensuality (music video Björk) di Stéphane Sednaoui (1992); Love is Strong (music video Rolling Stones) di David Fincher (1995); Children (music video Robert Miles) di Elizabeth Bailey (1996); Ray of Light (music video Madonna) di Jonas Âkerlund (1997); Non è mai stato subito (music video Biagio Antonacci) di Stefano Salvati (1998); Brown Paper Bag (music video Roni Size/Reprazent, 1998); The Child (music video dj Alex Gopher) di Antoine Bardou-Jacquet (1999); Strong Enough (music video Cher) di Nigel Dick (1999); Freestyler (music video Bomfunk MC’S, 2000); This strange effect (music video Hooverphonic, 2000); Analyse (music video Cranberries) di Keir McFarlane (2001); Star Guitar (music video The Chemical Brothers) di Michel Gondry (2002); Come Into My World (music video Kylie Minogue) di Michel Gondry (2002); Growing Up (music video Peter Gabriel) di François Vogel (2002); Sit Down. Stand Up (music video Radiohead) di Ed Holdsworth (2003); Woodsroads (Saul Saguatti , 2003-2004); Tension (visual Orbital) di Giles Thacker (2004); I Citizen The Loathsome (visual Plaid) di Bob Jaroc (2006); Colombo (music video Baustelle) di Stefano Poletti (2007); Presunti Accenni (music video IG) di Fabio Massimo Iaquone, Luca Attilii (2007); Se vuoi (music video IG) di Fabio Massimo Iaquone, Luca Attilii (2007); Transit City #2 RomAstratta (Saul Saguatti, 2008)
NET AND SOFTWARE ART
Blinkenlights (2001) Chaos Computer Club; Arcade (2002) Chaos Computer Club; Avatar's Portraits (2006) Eva e Franco Mattes; Stereoscope (2008) Chaos Computer Club.
Films will be shown in full or in part during lessons. Dvd copies will be available at the Biblioteca "Lino Miccichè", via Ostiense 139 together with a lecture note with the audiovisual materials of the lessons (for internal use only).
Type of delivery of the course
Frontal lessons integrated with film and audiovisual materials.Attendance
Optional, but attendance is strongly recommended due to the poor availability of the audiovisual materials shown during the lessons.Type of evaluation
Oral. Students can write a text on a theme developed during the course. The text must be of around 20.000 characters and will be an integration – not a substitution – of the oral exam. It must be given to the teacher 15 days before the exams.