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Dyslinear mise-en-fiction of surveillance images in Dragonfly Eyes by Xu Bing
The film Dragonfly Eyes (Xu Bing, 2018) constructs a linear fictional narrative – a classic love story between two young workers – led by the soundtrack, which unfolds alongside images from multiple surveillance cameras installed in China. The…
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Dossier #21
Contemporary Mini-Series or the Powers of the In-Between
The production of mini-series continues to grow, initiated by both television channels and streaming platforms, and increasingly supported by actresses and actors from the film industry. Miniseries such as …
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"Small Axe" by Steve McQueen : towards a limited seriality
In 2020, British filmmaker Steve McQueen brought together under the name Small Axe a collection of five autonomous films that have as common elements a place (London, Brixton district), a community under construction (from Jamaican immigration),…
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Politics and Aesthetics of Film Montage
From Cinema to Installation
Against a deluge of images, certain forms of montage, compilation and spatialization allow for a critical engagement with images. Doreen Mende looks back at the approaches of Soviet women editors and the artist Harun Farocki, who distinguished…