Architecture, Film, and the In-between
Architecture, Film, and the In-between (Book)
Spatio-Cinematic Betwixt
Architecture, Film, and the In-Between: Spatio-Cinematic Betwixt brings together some of the most prominent thinkers in contemporary architectural discourses with an investigation of the filmic imagination of architectural in-betweenness, as well as the in-between spaces within the architectural structure of filmic expression. 32 col illus.
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The long-established dialogue between architecture and film offers an interdisciplinary platform for a critical examination of spaces of in-between.
Apart from architecture informing scenography and cities serving as backdrops to the moving image, films have actively participated in shaping the public opinion about architecture and its allied disciplines. While architecture and design may not necessarily be central themes in a film, their spatial contextualization of the narrative informs cinematic productions. Screen, Space, and the In-Between looks at both the filmic imagination/representation of architectural in-betweenness, as well as the in-between spaces within the inherent architectural structure of filmic expression.
On the one hand, cinematic production serves as a site to project utopian fantasies of the built environment, and on the other hand, the processes, tools, and methods involved in both architecture and film, function as mediators between abstract ideation and its materialized manifestation.
The book interrogates the filmic creation of spatial imaginaries through the anthropological lens, especially as the disciplines in the built environment react to the liminal spaces of the cinematic. It adopts cinematic experiences of the built environment as a vantage point to reframe ongoing theoretical debates about liminal spaces.
Foreword by Mark Foster Gage
Contributors: Giuliana Bruno, Beatriz Colomina, James F. Kerestes, Graham Harman, Ferda Kolatan, Juhani Pallasmaa, Eva Perez De Vega, Mehmet Sahinler, Patrik Schumacher, Maria Sieira, Alican Taylan, Vahid Vahdat, Jason Vigneri-Beane, Jon Yoder, Michael Young
Vahid Vahdat is an assistant professor of architecture and interior design at WSU’s School of Design and Construction. His primary field of research is spatial mediation, with an emphasis on virtual reality and film. He is the author of Occidentalist Perceptions of European Architecture in Nineteenth Century Persian Travel Diaries: Travels in Farangi Space.
James F. Kerestes is an associate professor of architecture at Ball State University’s College of Architecture and
Planning. Prior to his current position at Ball State, he taught digital media and emergent technologies at Pratt Institute, Princeton University, and the University of Pennsylvania.
List of Figures
Foreword – Mark Foster Gage
Introduction
1. Veracity of Experience – Juhani Pallasmaa
2. Architecture After Affect – Jon Yoder
3. Walled Fantasies – Vahid Vahdat
4. Horrific Transitions – James F. Kerestes
5. Liminal Mies – Beatriz Colomina
6. Varda Makes Her Pointe – Maria Sieira
7. A Cross-Temporal Standstill – Michael Young
8. Rituals, Reality, and Its Double – Alican Taylan and Mehmet Şahinler
9. The Sensual Character of the Betwixt – Graham Harman
10. Fake Architecture, Real Image – Ferda Kolatan
11. In-Between Body and Image – Eva Perez de Vega
12. Projective Environments, Atmospheric Architectures – Giuliana Bruno
13. Fictive Ecologies of the In-Between – Jason Vigneri-Beane
14. A Realist Conception of Architecture in the Metaverse – Patrik Schumacher
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