The Logic of the De-cinematic, or, Origins of Japanese Cinema:
From the Magic Lantern through Avant-Garde Cinema to Anime.
A Talk by Professor Kitano Keisuke (Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto)
Time and Venue:
Tuesday 30 April 2013, 6:30pm
Birkbeck College, Room 417
Malet Street, Bloomsbury,
London WC1E 7HX
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The Birkbeck Centre for Media, Culture and Creative Practice and the London Asia Pacific Cultural Studies Forum are delighted to invite you to a talk by distinguished Japanese film scholar Kitano Keisuke.
Tuesday 30 April 2013, 6:30pm
Birkbeck College, Room 417
Malet Street, Bloomsbury,
London WC1E 7HX
(Birkbeck College`s interactive map)
The Birkbeck Centre for Media, Culture and Creative Practice and the London Asia Pacific Cultural Studies Forum are delighted to invite you to a talk by distinguished Japanese film scholar Kitano Keisuke.
In his talk, professor Kitano will outline an alternative
trajectory of the engines that have been mobilised during the history of
Japanese cinema. He will conduct this attempt firstly by examining the
pre-cinematic devices and their relationship with the import of cinema in
Japan, and, secondly, by offering a theorization of the process of “Japanese
cinema” as an embodiment of its differentiation from its own preceding cultural
forms as well as from Western cinema. Finally, he will consider how many Japanese
film productions have been driven by the expressive engines that had been
formulated in that earlier self-formation process.
Kitano Keisuke is professor at the College of Image Arts and
Science, Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto), of which he has been vice-dean from
2009 to 2012. In addition to his numerous books and essays, including Eizoron-Jyosetu [Introduction
to the Theories of Visual Image] (Jinbunshoin, 2009), Professor Kitano has
participated in many international conferences and events. These include 'Contemporary
Japanese Cinema: Outside, Elsewhere, In the World' (University of Southern
California); ‘International Meeting for Film Experts’ (Berlin Film Festival,
2007); ‘Creative Industry Conference’ (Berlin, 2007); and ‘Cairo International
Experimental Theatre Festival’ (2007). His forthcoming book will reconsider
Gilles Deleuze’s concept of the ‘Societies of Control’ following the
digitalisation of society through a rethinking of the power of expressive
medium in the fine arts.
The event is free and open to all. Please, book your ticket in advance from:
http://de-cinematic.eventbrite.co.uk
