Film Art Phenomena

by Hamlyn, Nicky

• ISBN13: 9780851709727
• ISBN10: 0851709729
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-03
• Publisher: British Film Institute

Summary

This volume discusses modes of film-making that diverge from and oppose the mainstream. It treats artists' film conceptually in order to explore key categories that connect different works and film-makers: from framing to digital media, installation to interactivity, and point of view to sound.

Author Biography

Nicky Hamlyn studied Fine Art at the University of Reading. From 1979 to 1981 He was a workshop organiser at the London Filmmakers' Co-op, where he was also a founder of and regular contributor to the Co-op's magazine Undercut. He is currently a lecturer in Time Based media and Visual Theory at Kent Institute of Art and Design. His films have been screened at festivals and venues around the world.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
Introduction	vi
I MEDIA
1 Film and Video	3	(14)
2 Digital Media	17	(14)
3 Expanded Technologies	31	(12)
4 Installation and its Audience	43	(14)
II THE APPARATUS
5 The Frame and its Dissolution	57	(16)
6 Framing	73	(16)
7 Holding the Camera	89	(14)
8 Point of View	103	(16)
III AESTHETICS
9 Space	119	(20)
10 Location	139	(16)
11 Interactivity	155	(12)
12 Sound, Sync, Performance	167	(16)
13 Film, Art, Ideology	183	(5)
Bibliography	188	(2)
Works Cited	190	(5)
Index	195