Federico Windhausen - A Companion to Experimental Cinema

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4. Chapter 7
5. Chapter 8
6. Chapter 9
7. Chapter 10
8. Chapter 12
9. Chapter 13
10. Chapter 15
11. Chapter 16
12. Chapter 19

Edited by

Federico Windhausen

This edition first published 2023
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Names: Windhausen, Federico, 1973 editor.
Title: A companion to experimental cinema / edited by Federico Windhausen.
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Erika Balsom is Reader in Film Studies at King's College London and the author of the book TEN SKIES (2021).

Franois Bovier is a senior lecturer in the Department of Film History and Aesthetics, and he is a research fellow at the Lausanne University of Art and Design (ECAL). He is the cofounder of the journal Dcadrages, and he is the author of H. D. and the Pool group: from literary avantgardes to visionary cinema (Lge dHomme, 2009). He has led different research projects founded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland. He is also an independent curator, particularly in the field of moving images.

Enrico Camporesi oversees the research activities of the Centre Pompidou film department. His book Futurs de lobsolescence (Mimsis, 2018) is about restoring artists films.

Josetxo Cerdn Los Arcos is professor of film and media studies in the department of Communication at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and a member of the research group Tecmerin. Since September 2018, he is the director of Filmoteca Espaola (the Spanish film archive). Cerdn was the director of the Punto de Vista Navarra International Documentary Film Festival (20102013) or the development of film programs for various national and international institutions such as the Locarno International Film Festival (2009), Anthology Film Archives (2013), and Lincoln Center (2014).

Jon Davies is a curator, writer, and PhD Candidate in Art History at Stanford University. He has held curatorial positions at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Oakville Galleries, and the Art Gallery of Ontario. His book Trash: A Queer Film Classic about the Paul Morrissey film was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2009, and his anthology More VoiceOver: Colin Campbell Writings was published by Concordia University Press in 2021.

Miguel Fernndez Labayen is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Carlos III University of Madrid and member of the Tecmerin research group and the University Institute of Spanish Cinema at the same university. He has curated experimental film and video programs for S(8) Mostra de Cinema Periferico, the Seville European Film Festival and the Centre de Cultura Contempornia in Barcelona (cccb) among others. Together with John Sundholm (Stockholm Univesity) he is working on a research project on the circulation of the New American Cinema and the emergence of experimental film cultures in Europe.

Jason Fox is the Founding Editor of World Records. He has taught Media Studies at Princeton University, Vassar College, and CUNY Hunter College.

Lalitha Gopalan is an associate professor in the Department of RadioTelevisionFilm and affiliate faculty in the Department of Asian Studies and South Asia Institute at University of Texas at Austin. Her essays and books include Cinemas Dark and Slow in Digital India (2021), Cinema of Interruptions: Action Genres in Contemporary Indian Cinema (2002) and Bombay (2005); and the edited volume The Cinema of India (2010). Her current book project explores various experimental film and video practices across different locations globally.

Shai Heredia is a filmmaker and curator. In 2003, she founded Experimenta, the international festival for experimental cinema in India. She has curated experimental film programs at film festivals and art venues worldwide, and she is currently a member of the curatorial team of Forum Expanded (Berlinale). Her film I Am Micro (2012) codirected with Shumona Goel, has screened widely in Europe, North America, and Asia, and received a National Award from the Government of India. Heredia & Goelss most recent film