Abstracts
Abstract
Taking as a point of departure the 1970s concept of the ‘dispositif’, this article seeks to redefine it in the context of experimental cinematic practices which reject the usual tools of filmmaking, or, more precisely, replace them by ‘retrograde’ technical means (such as handmade techniques, camera-less films, etc.). Instead of adhering to the classical notion of dispositif, which privileges the screening situation, the author rather suggest that we envisage a dispositif of production, involving the spatial relationship between the body of the artist, the ‘pro-filmic’ event and his/her material at the very moment of production, and that informs the practices of cinematic retrograde technicity.
Résumé
Prenant comme point de départ le concept de ‘dispositif’ tel qu’élaboré durant les années 1970, cet article cherche à le redéfinir dans le contexte de pratiques cinématographiques expérimentales qui rejettent les outils habituels de la production de cinéma, ou, plus précisément, tentent de les remplacer par des moyens techniques ‘rétrogrades’ (tels que les techniques artisanales, le cinéma sans caméra, etc.). Plutôt que d’adhérer à la notion classique de dispositif, qui privilégie la situation spectatorielle, l’auteur suggère d’envisager le dispositif par le biais de la production filmique afin de mettre en jeu la relation spatiale entre le corps de l’artiste, l’événement “pro-filmique” et son matériel (au moment même de la production), et ainsi offrir un éclairage nouveau sur les usages rétrogrades de la technique.
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