Tracey Emin - Seminars / Workshop / Lectures
FILM AND ART: Cinematic and Photographic Architecture (3 Credits)
Tracey Emin and Atom Egoyan
Description: Students will engage with the various inovative works of Atom Egoyan and Tracey Emin. Through this examination we will generate a collective commentary that reflects upon the conceptual architecture behind the cinematic gaze. Specifically we will focus on two feature films, Exotica and Adoration. Both of these films have no director's commentary and this course is essential to understanding the philosophical and artistic process that led to the creation of these films. The class will engage in an interactive dialogue between filmmaker and students as they explore how to take ideas and investigate them through art pieces.
Objectives: The course intends to provide insight into the conceptual architecture of Egoyan's filmmaking process. The instructor seeks to push students to criticize, to reflect, and to locate the artistic and philosophical pulls that create provoking films. We will question what it means for a work to be successfull. We will then examine what does it mean for a work to be incomplete, can a film ever be complete? And we will examine the process of editing, what to leave out and why these decisions matter.
Learning Outcomes: Students will understand the intellectual considerations taken in image-making. This is essential in the historical moment we find ourselves in today, where image-making has become an essential fabric of the everyday experience. This course will show the array of vigorous and complex decisions that must be faced by those involved in artistic practices. Students will use the material from the course to add to their personal art projects and their dissertation projects.
Course Outline:
Module 1
View Exotica
Module 2
Interactive Commentary on Exotica
Module 3
View Adoration
Module 4
Interactive commentary on Adoration
Module 5
Interactive Commentary of Chloe
Module 6
View installations and shorts; interactive commentary and conclusion.
Required Readings:
Emin, Tracey. Strangeland. Sceptre. October 17, 2005. Hardcover, 224 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0340769440. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr. Paperback, ISBN: 0340769467. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.
Egoyan, Atom and T.J. Morris (Editor). Atom Egoyan: Interviews. University Press of Mississippi. June 1, 2010. Hardcover, 224 pages, Language English, ISBN: 1604734868. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr. Paperback, 224 pages, ISBN: 1604734876. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.
Ondaatje, Michael. The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film. Hardcover, 368 Pages, Language English, ISBN: 0375413865. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.
Romney, Jonathan. Atom Egoyan (BFI World Directors). Paperback, 226 Pages, Language English, ISBN: 0851708775. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.
Wilson, Emma. Atom Egoyan. Paperback, 184 Pages, Language English, ISBN: 0252076206. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.
Recommended Films:
Hitchcock, Alfred. Vertigo. DVD, 128 Minutes, Language: English, Subtitles English, Spanish, French. ASIN: 0783226055. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.