Monuments Askew: An Elliptical History of the Factory of the Eccentric Actor - Couverture souple

Corrigan, Maria

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ISBN 10 : 1978843011 ISBN 13 : 9781978843011

Editeur : Rutgers University Press, 2025

Synopsis

Monuments Askew: An Elliptical History of the Factory of the Eccentric Actor presents a cultural history of the Factory of the Eccentric Actor (FEKS), an avant-garde collective of Ukrainian artists whose unique approach to monumental history generated a new kind of cinema for a modernizing Soviet era. Often lost in the shuffle of this period, FEKS’s vibrant and experimental cinematic output initiated a youthful and cheeky overhaul of Soviet revolutionary culture. Monuments Askew reveals the foundational role of this understudied group of artists—including Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg—and uses their own theoretical contributions to undo the “foundations” of our understanding of Soviet media and arts. As a counter to a solely cinema-focused conceptualization of this era, Corrigan develops a transnational media theory of eccentricity. Defining eccentric circles as warped, irregular orbits that force a realignment of centers, Monuments Askew shows how FEKS’s body of work inspires an eccentric realignment of the pillars of Soviet visual culture, and indeed of monumentality itself.

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À propos de l'auteur

MARIA CORRIGAN is an assistant professor in the College in the Visual and Media Arts Department and Comedic Arts Program at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rutgers University Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1978843011
• ISBN 13: 9781978843011
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 180
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• Personne responsable: non disponible