„Kłopotliwe” ciała. Strategie przedstawiania fizycznej „anormalności” we współczesnym filmie fikcji

Author(s): Adam Cybulski / Language(s): Polish

Within disability studies, discipline developing for the last thirty years, subject of particular interest were audio-visual representations of physical ‘abnormality’. However, in scientific literature it is storyline and generally understood occurrences that are analysed: personal traits of disabled protagonist, his or her social status, actions, introspections or his or her relationship with the society. The question of stylistic and narration devices, and the aesthetics of display-oriented construction of defectiveness are usually not taken into consideration. In order to add to and broaden this perspective author of this dissertation used selected methods of Neoformalism and Cognitive film theory. Strategy of narration, diegetic dominant and viewer engagement helped in exhibiting how defective bodies were used as visual attractions, distinguishing four modes of contemporary storytelling discussed in context of a long tradition of portraying visible dissimilarities and explaining methods of managing ‘troublesome’ bodies with instances of narrating.

„Können Tränen meiner Wangen nichts erlangen?“ Manifestationen der Traurigkeit in der deutschen Musik des 18. Jahrhunderts

Author(s): Tobiasz Janikowski / Language(s): German Issue: 1/2020

Emotions and feelings, such as sadness, disappointment or doubt, are not only a characteristic feature of the narrative present in the widely understood German-language literature. Manifestations of various emotional states can undoubtedly be found in numerous vocal and instrumental works, whose period of splendor appears during the 18th century, in particular in the decades within the time frame set by the St. John Passion of Johann Sebastian Bach BWV 245 (1724) and the majestic oratorios The Creation and The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross by Joseph Haydn (1796-98). The purpose of this article is to show the affective potential of selected texts in the orbit of the impact of the phenomenon of musi-cal rhetoric and to illuminate the works of famous German composers of the 18th century, placed in a broader cultural and literary context.

„Könyvek, Judit – könyvek, könyvek”

Author(s): Tamás Jakabffy / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 810/2021

„Królicza nora”, czyli ramy spotkania w teatrze Complicité

Author(s): Tomasz Wiśniewski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1-2/2021

„Letnio i kulturalnie”

Author(s): Julia Niedziejko / Language(s): Polish Issue: 161/2021

„Live Factory 2: Warhol by Lupa”

Wystawa – instalacja – spektakl?

Author(s): Ada Ruszkiewicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 159/2020

The article, which is a part of the author’s master thesis, aims to analyze the installation in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków – Live Factory 2: Warhol by Lupa. The installation is based on the stage design for Krystian Lupa's theatre production Factory 2 which was inspired by the concept of Andy Warhol's Silver Factory. The article attempts to define the relationship between Live Factory 2, Factory 2 and Warhol’s Factory as well as the status and the character of Live Factory 2 and its potential of being the information about Lupa's performance.

„Lost in translation”, czyli co się kryje między słowami pokrytymi patyną historii

Author(s): Anna Miller-Klejsa / Language(s): Polish Issue: 108/2019

Review of the book by Agata Hołobut and Monika Woźniak, "Historia na ekranie. Gatunek filmowy a przekład audiowizualny" ["History on the screen. Film genre and audiovisual translation"] (2018). The authors study the impact of historical film on the specificity of audiovisual translation, analysing English-language (British and American) dialogue lists of selected feature films and historical series as well as their available Polish and Italian translations (dubbing, recorded audio commentaries, subtitles). The book successfully combines linguistic, film and stylometric analysis tools.

„Male” and „Female” Space in Greek Vase Painting on Bulgarian Lands (SYMPOSIUM and GYNAECEUM)

„Male” and „Female” Space in Greek Vase Painting on Bulgarian Lands (SYMPOSIUM and GYNAECEUM)

Author(s): Sasha Lozanova / Language(s): English Issue: 18/2009

„Mi nekem a valóság?”

Author(s): Andrea Pass / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 3/2016

An essay on the process of creating productions.

„Między dawnymi i młodszymi laty” – neo(animistyczne) i neo(pogańskie) tropy w kinie polskim

Author(s): Magdalena Podsiadło / Language(s): Polish Issue: 114/2021

The perspective of new animism offers an approach to the subjectivity and the relation between nature and culture, the human and non-human, as well as the animate and the inanimate, that differs from the one founded on the Judeo-Christian tradition. Marginal in Polish culture, this current can be found in film representations of paganism that nevertheless lend it the status of a repressed phenomenon or one tamed by the context of Christianity. The authors of contemporary Polish films that refer to this tradition look for an alternative to a world that is hierarchical, dualistic and based on an anthropocentric model. They connect with paganism though their egalitarian attitude towards animals (Agnieszka Holland’s Spoor), respect for the agency of plants (Agnieszka Holland’s Charlatan), belief in spirits beyond the Christian context (Małgorzata Szumowska’s Never Gonna Snow Again and Body), awareness of the natural environment (Katarzyna Klimkiewicz and Dominga Sotomayor Castillos’s La Isla) or reference to tribal cultures (Zbigniew Libera’s Walser). At the same time, these works re-evaluate said tradition, treating it as a “rescue perspective” in the face of the current civilizational crisis.

„Minden kaland volt”. Beszélgetés az idén 90 éves Novák Ferenc Tatával

Author(s): Iringó Tóth Gödri / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 830/2021

„Mój świat wypełnia ogień i krew” – „Mad Max: Na drodze gniewu” i semantyczne gry z postapokaliptycznym brudem

Author(s): Marcin Kowalczyk / Language(s): Polish Issue: 114/2021

The conventions of the post-apocalyptic cinema enforce a specific aesthetics, and its visual dominant is often dirt. This element is usually contrasted with the alleged purity of the world before a catastrophe. Mad Max: Fury Road (dir. George Miller, 2015) seems to be an example of this strategy. However, the article shows that Miller’s work reveals an interesting ambivalence: suggesting the legitimacy of the dirt-purity opposition typical of the convention, the film simultaneously undermines it. Therefore, in Mad Max: Fury Road we can see three different systems of meaning based on these categories. The first one is a consequence of the accepted convention, the next two show the original author’s vision and represent a successful artistic attempt to overcome the typical perception of some features of the post-apocalyptic world. The article uses elements of Roland Barthes’s semiotic analysis of film, as well as Mary Douglas’s findings on the category of dirt and purity in culture.

„Na miłość boską, nie »róbcie« sztuki!”

Author(s): Adam Molenda / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

„Na wylot” Grzegorza Królikiewicza – produkcja, dystrybucja i recepcja

Author(s): Michał Dondzik / Language(s): Polish Issue: 108/2019

The article is devoted to "Through and Through" ("Na wylot", 1972) – the debut feature film of Grzegorz Królikiewicz. The author, basing his argument on the materials from the National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute, New Files Archive and private collections, carefully reconstructs the production, distribution and promotional contexts of the film, also embedding them in a political context. Using the accounts of witnesses, excerpts from the film and daily press, he demonstrates, that although the critics, on balance, rated the film highly, it enjoyed only moderate interest from the audience, often meeting with very sharp reactions. The text resembles the film’s receptive context, heated discussions around it, violent replicas of both the critics and the director himself. Thanks to such extensive documentation, the text also refutes some myths that for years have grown around Królikiewicz’s work.

„Naszym światem włada nieczułość”

#MeToo i transformacja

Author(s): Agata Adamiecka-Sitek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 161/2021

The article analyzes the transformational potential of the #MeToo movement in terms of personal experience, institutional, and social transformations, looking first of all at the dynamics the movement has created in theater in Poland and around the world. The author unveils the systemic dimension of violence encoded in invisible and standardized relations of domination and subordination, inscribed in the two models which are still very common in Polish theater: the "master and apprentice" model defining the position of a director and the "feudal" model visible in institutional relations.Looking at the "Gardzienice" case and the reactions of the public to the testimonies exposing violence, the author also mentions examples of institutional and systemic reactions to similar situations in British and Belgian theater. In this way, she outlines possible directions for action in Polish theater. She asks questions about the transformative and emancipatory potential of the #MeToo movement, emphasizing the necessity to consider an intersectional perspective, to build alliances and to practice promiscuous care.

„Nie istnieje nic innego niż zależność”. Refleksja o historyczności

Author(s): Katarzyna Bojarska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 29/2021

Artykuł jest próbą krytycznego zestawienia i omówienia dwóch wystaw odbywających się jednocześnie w Warszawie, "Tu Muranów" (Polin) oraz "Rhizopolis" (Zachęta). Autorka przygląda się ewolucji postaw dwójki artystów, Joanny Rajkowskiej i Artura Żmijewskiego od ich wspólnej wyprawy do Izraela/Palestyny na początku XXI wieku po dzisiejsze realizacje odczytywane jako etap ich pracy z pamięcią, historycznością i przestrzenią.

„Nie ptak, nie samolot, a dziewczyna”. Wizje kobiecej dorosłości w Lekkiej księżniczce George’a MacDonalda i jej adaptacji na musical Tori Amos i Samuela Adamsona

Author(s): Natalia Kuc / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2019

The aim of the paper is to analyse The Light Princess (1864), a fairy tale by George MacDonald, and its musical adaptation from 2013 staged in the Royal National Theatre in London. The authors of the lyrics are Samuel Adamson, a playwright, and Tori Amos, a singer, who is also responsible for the music in the show. The fairy tale tells the story of a young princess cursed to be devoid of weight and the ability to feel sadness, as well as of her process of maturing into an adult woman. The author of the paper presents similarities and differences between the original tale dating to the late 19th century and its 21st century adaptation, along with their ties to folktale tropes. The analysis aims not only to set forth the vision of adulthood as described by MacDonald, but also to propound how the definitions of adulthood and womanhood could have changed over the course of a century of dynamic emancipation of women. According to the author, while MacDonald consciously subverts multiple fairy tale tropes, Adamson and Amos introduce modern elements to the text without integrating them into the fairy tale adaptation and with little regard for its folk inspirations. Driven by the desire to rewrite a modern, feminist version of the 19th century fairy tale, Adamson and Amos often achieve opposite results.

„Nie sądzić” i „Wielki strach” – dwa małe ważne filmy

Author(s): Sławomir Sikora / Language(s): Polish Issue: 112/2020

Recently, the term “non-memory” (which should not be equated with oblivion) has gained importance in the Polish discourse on memory. It seems that scholarly discussions analysing the issues of World War II and post-war experiences have been dominated by the language of psychoanalysis; however, it is worth taking into consideration also vernacular languages. The author discusses the issues of memory and non-memory in relation to the extremely traumatic post-war experiences depicted in the two short films "Nie sądzić" ("Not to Judge", dir. Pawlina Carlucci Sforza and Magdalena Lubańska, 2017) and "Wielki strach" ("The Fear", dir. Pawlina Carlucci Sforza, 2020). They deal with this issue from different perspectives: the first in a more indirect way, the second – directly. People returning from forced labour in Germany after World War II were plundered and murdered by a local gang in a forest near Przeworsk. Traumatic knowledge about these events had been hidden for over seventy years.

„No animals were used in the making of this film?” Postzwierzęta i zew antropomorfizmu w epoce CGI

Author(s): Kamil Kalbarczyk / Language(s): Polish Issue: 110/2020

The article explores the impact of the digital revolution on animal representation in feature films. The author analyses computer-generated animals in the context of the progress of CGI and the effects of seamlessly compositing photorealistic animation with live action material. The author studies the phenomenon that has been developing since the 1990s in the context of visual effects studies and animal studies. He emphasizes the issue of progressive anthropomorphising of digital animals in the live action cinema of the last decade. The author differentiates three basic strategies for creating perceptually realistic animals, depending on the degree of their internal personification and external anthropomorphism or cartoonishness. Analysing "The Lion King" (dir. J. Favreau, 2019) the author notes a new trend, characteristic of hybrid cinema (a mélange of photorealistic animation and live action material): representations of deeply anthropomorphized fauna maintaining hyper-realistic physiognomy.

„O făclie nestinsă a teatrului” – Domnica Darienco

Author(s): Angela Hăbăşescu / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1/2019

The article describes the anniversary exhibition dedicated to the theater and film actress Domnica Darienco. The exhibition was inaugurated in the Reading Room “Psycho-pedagogical, real, natural sciences. Arts” of the USARB Scientific Library.