Affective Atmosphere: A Non-Representational Method of Devising Film Performance and Fiction
(2022)
author(s): Pavel Prokopic
published in: Journal for Artistic Research
Affective atmosphere is a new method of directing film performance and producing experimental fiction in the tradition of art cinema, which emerged from a wider practice research project entitled Affective Cinema, funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council. As an approach to filmmaking, affective atmosphere prioritises the becoming of an event over a narrative/production plan, and uses experimental production strategies to maximise the potential of spontaneous directorial decisions and the unpredictable flow of reality for generating alternative narrative/dramatic film structures. The method is rooted in practitioner know-how stimulated by reflection, but also informed by a synthesis of the key concepts of Deleuze and Guattari, and theoretical writings on atmosphere (Böhme, Griffero) and film performance (Benjamin, Del Río). In this way, the project meaningfully applies philosophical concerns to filmmaking, expanding, in the process, on theoretical understanding, while embedding this knowledge tacitly in artistic practice. Furthermore, the research leads to the development of a set of applicable film production methods, unified by a clear rationale and a creative purpose linked to demonstrable outcomes.
Photography and Designed Space: A Shift in Perspective
(last edited: 2022)
author(s): Ana Miriam Rebelo
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Acknowledging the historical dominance of architectural imagery by objective, disembodied approaches and its influence in our understanding of designed space as well as architectural practice itself, the paper addresses the need for a different perspective.
Within the phenomenological approach to designed spaces, this paper interrogates the role of photography in reflecting designed spaces as embodied, humanised
environments, where reality takes place. The writings of Pallasmaa, Zumthor and Böhme support the theoretical framework of discussing photography’s contribution to an understanding of built environments as places for embodied experience. The works of Rut Blees Luxemburg and Guy Tillim, two contemporary photographers, are examined as examples of perspectives in which the representation of atmospheres is central to the reflection on built environments as a multisensory perceptive experience.
This paper was presented at the International Conference on Design History and Studies 2018 and published in the proceedings book.
Ana Miriam Rebelo, Fátima Pombo
Back to the Future. The Future in the Past. Conference Proceedings Book.
Oriol Moret (ed.). Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona. 2018. ISBN 978-84-9168-156-4