Signs of Genesis: A Study of Ambiguity in Contemporary Experimental Cinema

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dc.contributor.advisorZryd, Michael
dc.contributor.authorGarcia, Lawrence Neal Uy
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-04T15:14:26Z
dc.date.available2023-08-04T15:14:26Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-04
dc.date.updated2023-08-04T15:14:25Z
dc.degree.disciplineCinema and Media Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis thesis conducts a synoptic study of experimental cinema using the central notion of cinematic ambiguity, here defined as any means of probing cinema’s boundaries of intelligibility, thereby thematizing the process by which the medium becomes intelligible in the first place. Using largely contemporary film examples, it identifies three main types of ambiguity, each intended to clarify established but sometimes ill-defined traditions, namely: the lyrical and structural film (ambiguities of sound and sense), the “experimental documentary” (ambiguities of description), and the “political avant-garde” (ambiguities of myth). Building on this discussion, it then uses Gilles Deleuze’s concept of the “genetic sign” to forward a genetic definition of experimental cinema, attempting to give consistency to the term “experimental.” The animating conviction is that a more explicit specification of our terms, far from restricting our recognition of artistic possibilities, might in fact expand our notions of what an “experimental” work can be.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/41350
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectFilm studies
dc.subjectArt criticism
dc.subjectAesthetics
dc.subject.keywordsExperimental cinema
dc.subject.keywordsAvant-garde film
dc.subject.keywordsFrye
dc.subject.keywordsSitney
dc.subject.keywordsDeleuze
dc.subject.keywordsAmbiguity
dc.subject.keywordsLyrical film
dc.subject.keywordsStructural film
dc.subject.keywordsPolitical avant-garde
dc.subject.keywordsExperimental documentary
dc.subject.keywordsDocumentary
dc.subject.keywordsNon-fiction film
dc.titleSigns of Genesis: A Study of Ambiguity in Contemporary Experimental Cinema
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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