Lehrende/r: PD Dr. Wanda Strauven
Veranstaltungsart: Übung
Anzeige im Stundenplan: Ü.ZugängeMediengesch
Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 18
Inhalt: Taking its cues from Walter Benjamin’s notion of “Spiel-Raum”, this seminar proposes to rethink cinema as a form of play and to make connections, throughout history, with other playful media practices. Can for instance the Internet with its numerous GIF makers and platforms be considered as the new “Spiel-Raum”? How are contemporary online loops related to 19th-century optical toys and proto-cinematic slot machines? What made cinema the medium of “suspension of disbelief”, which is a form of pretend play? These and other questions will be addressed to get to a better understanding of what cinema was and still is today. Therefore the seminar will revisit classical theories of play (Huizinga, Caillois, Winnicott), which the students will be invited to apply to various film practices, ranging from Nouvelle Vague productions and mind-game movies to selfie videos and playful recordings made with smartphones.
