13400
Graduate Course
WiSe 18/19: The Documentary Turn
Eric de Bruyn
Comments
Public interest in documentary photography and film has taken a flight in recent decades. Several festivals for documentary film have appeared, special television channels are dedicated to the genre, and even contemporary art has undergone a so-called ‘documentary turn.’ In a historical sense, the notion of documentary film and photography is relatively young – the term stems from the 1920s – but the meaning and function of documentary has undergone many transformations. In a general sense, a ‘documentary’ is expected to provide a ‘factual’ or ‘objective’ portrayal of the world we live in. Based on real events, its function is understood to provide evidence or testimony of socio-historical events and circumstances. The point of this course is to examine how such claims to truth and authenticity were first articulated, but later came to be questioned. In particular, we shall focus on the relationship between fact and fiction, examining the role of re-enactments in contemporary art and documentary film, for instance, or the deliberate blending of fictional and actual film footage in recent film and video essays.
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16 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Wed, 2018-10-17 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-10-24 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-10-31 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-11-07 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-11-14 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-11-21 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-11-28 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-12-05 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-12-12 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-12-19 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2019-01-09 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2019-01-16 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2019-01-23 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2019-01-30 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2019-02-06 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2019-02-13 14:00 - 16:00