26 Ratings

At the Academy

United Kingdom, 1974

Avant-Garde, Short

Synopsis

A found-footage film made entirely from Academy leader, which is normally used to cue the start of films. The film was hand-printed on a home-made contact printer. It was rolled back and re-printed several times over, to create a complex layering of both image and sound.

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At the Academy Directed by Guy Sherwin

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Guy Sherwin Director

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In Prague's rating of the film At the Academy
In Prague

Static arts and the narrative have a long history of twisted and challenging cooperation. As stories are told over time (diachronic) and pictures are perceived all at once (synchronic), time has to find a place within the artwork, permeate the space to render cues for an unfolding action. Synoptic or panoptic, monoscenic or continuous, progressive or sequential, narratives strive to graft the illusion of sequence and
November 09, 2014 09:12
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Nachtreich's rating of the film At the Academy
Nachtreich

☆ e mezzo.
January 22, 2017 23:58
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