Dreamlands

Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016

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by Chrissie Iles

Type

Studies

Subject

Genre > Experimental

Keywords

experimental, arts

Publishing date

2016

Publisher

Yale University Press

Collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 256 pages
9 ¼ x 12 inches (23.5 x 30.5 cm)

ISBN

978-0-300-22187-9

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Book Presentation:
A fascinating survey of pioneering work in experimental cinema and art from 1905 to the present day, revealing the high stakes and transformative potential of these forms

This generously illustrated publication surveys the work of filmmakers and artists who have pushed the material and conceptual boundaries of cinema. Over the past century, the material, optical, abstract, spatial, and tactile properties of film have been tested at a level of experimentation and utopian ambition that is generally unrecognized. Whether creating synesthetic or 3-D environments, projective or non-projective installations, generations of leading-edge artists have explored how technology transforms experience.

The essays published here offer an intensive look at the themes of cinematic space, formats of the screen, animation and CGI, the body and the cyborg, and the materiality of film. Contributors place particular emphasis on the idea of the cinema as a sensorium and on the ways in which it defines the human body, both through representation and in relation to the projected image. An immersive plate section brings together rarely seen and previously unpublished stills, in addition to concept drawings from historic and contemporary films.

Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art

Exhibition Schedule:
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
(10/28/16–02/05/17)

About the Author:
Chrissie Iles is Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

See the publisher website: Yale University Press