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Apstraktni film – izlagačko-doživljajna obilježja
Abstract Film – Discursive and Sensory Characteristics

Author(s): Vanja Obad
Subject(s): Music, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, History of Art
Published by: Hrvatsko Filozofsko Društvo
Keywords: abstract film; abstract animation; experimental film; avant-garde film; abstract art; visual music; synesthesia; minimalism; cognitive theory of film; experience;

Summary/Abstract: The paper elaborates specific perceptive purposes and structural procedures generated by the various experimental abstract films and shows the ways how abstract film engages spectator’s attention. By “liberating” our visual system from representational (daily visual) experience, the abstract film encourages us to cultivate different sensory and sensual sensibility, explore new associations and alternative paths for moods and emotions. Various streams of abstract film will be analysed, relying primarily on classical abstract films (Whitney brothers, McLaren, Richter, and Eggeling, etc.).

  • Issue Year: 40/2020
  • Issue No: 03/159
  • Page Range: 543-568
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Croatian