Shadowlands
General
Course Long Title
Shadowlands
Subject Code
FPFV
Course Number
612
Department(s)
Academic Level
GR - Graduate
Description
Shadowlands: Haunted Media, Spectral images
From the beginning, film and photography have been
characterized by their ability to record the world
as it appears - and yet coincidentally spurred a
fascination with unseen worlds, even seeming to
offer proof of them. In this class we will examine
the technical and aesthetic entanglement of the
cinematic and the uncanny. Through in-class
workshops in 16mm, screenings, readings and
performances we shall investigate the aesthetics
of mysterious terrain where the familiar becomes
unfamiliar, and vice versa.
The class is structured around five topics of
inquiry: Shadows, Manifestations, Exorcisms,
Second Sight, and Specters. A week devoted to
aesthetics, readings, discussion and screenings
will alternate with a week devoted to workshop
investigations.
Students will be required to make five short
projects which may take the form of films,
photographs, performances, constructions or texts.
From the beginning, film and photography have been
characterized by their ability to record the world
as it appears - and yet coincidentally spurred a
fascination with unseen worlds, even seeming to
offer proof of them. In this class we will examine
the technical and aesthetic entanglement of the
cinematic and the uncanny. Through in-class
workshops in 16mm, screenings, readings and
performances we shall investigate the aesthetics
of mysterious terrain where the familiar becomes
unfamiliar, and vice versa.
The class is structured around five topics of
inquiry: Shadows, Manifestations, Exorcisms,
Second Sight, and Specters. A week devoted to
aesthetics, readings, discussion and screenings
will alternate with a week devoted to workshop
investigations.
Students will be required to make five short
projects which may take the form of films,
photographs, performances, constructions or texts.