Time and cinema: a dialogue between Aby Warburg and Bill Morrison

The main focus of our article is the problematization of Aby Warburg’s performative character, applied to the Mnemosyne Image Atlas (1924-1929), in dialogue to Bill Morrison’s multimedia work, Decasia (2001). In accordance with the layers of time and the materiality of the images operated by both, w...

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Autor: Scansani, Andréa C.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Revista FAMECOS: Mídia cultura e tecnologia
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/32427
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/revistafamecos/article/view/32427
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Aby Warburg. Bill Morrison. Walter Benjamin.
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Sumario:The main focus of our article is the problematization of Aby Warburg’s performative character, applied to the Mnemosyne Image Atlas (1924-1929), in dialogue to Bill Morrison’s multimedia work, Decasia (2001). In accordance with the layers of time and the materiality of the images operated by both, we will investigate some of the key concepts of the art historian – such as the iconology of intervals, the afterlife (Nachleben) of images, the pendulous movements (dynamogram) and the active forces  of the Pathosformeln –, in contrast with other authors who developed parallel thoughts (Benjamin, Vertov, Epstein). Our aim is to broaden the perspectives on the nature of cinema – made explicit in the archaeological and, at the same time, transcendental work of the filmmaker – supported by Warburg’s thought on the particularities of the images.