Paracinema: Film beyond its Limits - esperanza collado

Paracinema, a term coined in the early 1970’s by the artist Hollis Frampton, defines phenomena that share at least one element with cinema; e.g. modularity with respect to space or time. The term acquires important signification when applied to contemporary art practices, especially to those cinematic works that challenge the material limitations of the medium.

What are the historical precedents of paracinema and how do we address this term in contemporary digital practice? Is film the only medium that expresses the idea of cinema? How is film exhibited within an art space? How has the role of the spectator changed towards the presentation of these new forms of paracinema?

This talk will focus on the renewed interest in this kind of ephemeral work, by analyzing historical cinematic art-works that often call themselves films, despite the fact that they are embodied in other materials. This new approach –the collapse of art and moving-image- affects the visual arts in all their many facets. In order to examine the transformations within film materiality, this talk will provide the opportunity to discover key works that have rarely been shown within this field.

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