Bill Morrison, Decasia, nitrate; Michael Gordon, symphony; found footage
Abstract :
[en] This essay discusses the notion of reprise within the field of contemporary experimental cinema, and more specifically, within the tradition of found footage film (Joseph Cornell, Bruce Conner, Ken Jacobs, etc.). It focuses on "Decasia" (2002), a film in which American filmmaker Bill Morrison re-edits fragments of decaying nitrate film stock to the sound of a detuned symphony composed by Michael Gordon. Throughout "Decasia", Morrison explores the various and subtle connections between the image and its material decomposition. This text aims to study three of these specific relationships: obliteration, disfiguration, and congruency.
Disciplines :
Performing arts
Author, co-author :
Belloi, Livio ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des Arts et Sciences de la communication > Cinéma et arts audiovisuels
Language :
French
Title :
"Le film comme tombeau : composition, décomposition et reprises dans l'œuvre de Bill Morrison""
Publication date :
June 2012
Main work title :
The Déjà-Vu and the Authentic : Reprise, Recycling, Recuperating in Anglophone Literature and Culture
Editor :
Chardin, Jean-Jacques
Publisher :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, United Kingdom
