Between Stillness and Motion: Film, Photography, Algorithms (Amsterdam University Press - Film Culture in Transition) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9089642129 ISBN 13: 9789089642127

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Since the development of film as an artistic medium in the 1890s, there has been an inherent tension between still photographic images and moving cinematic images, from their form and function to the messages they convey and their impact on the beholder and on culture at large. This volume, one of the first book-length works to analyze, critique, and further the international debate about the meaning and use of motion and stillness in film and photography, takes these concepts out of the theoretical arena of cinematic studies and applies them to the wider and ever-changing landscape of images and media.

With contributions from such acclaimed international scholars as Tom Gunning, Thomas Elsaesser, Mark B. N. Hansen, George Baker, Ina Blom, and Christa Blümlinger, these collected essays examine the strategic uses of stillness and motion in art from the mid-nineteenth century to the technologically driven present.

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About the Author

Eivind Røssaak is associate professor in the research department at the National Library of Norway in Oslo.

Edition details

• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 9089642129
• ISBN 13: 9789089642127
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Røssaak Eivind