FU Seminar: Anti-Kanon (Anti-Canon)

The short film program "Spectacle-Attraction-Experiment" shows experimental films from the 70s and 90s and looks for parallels with the contemporary action blockbuster and early cinema in order to try out alternative, non-chronological ways of writing film history. While found footage films such as Ernie Gehr's EUREKA (USA 1974) and Peter Delpeut's LYRISCH NITRAAT (Netherlands 1991) can be viewed in this context, Anne Severson's NEAR THE BIG CHAKRA (USA 1971) and Paul Sharits' T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G (USA 1969) also make use of non-narrative rhythmical compositions to create corporeal effects close to those effected by early cinema. The film program forms part of the "Anti-Canon" seminar in which we look at "film history as film historiography"; when we watch films, we write history by allowing our visual mental recollections to fuse with those from the film. (Chris Tedjasukmana) (December 9)