Fifty years have passed since Chris Marker’s “La Jetée” (1962) release blurred the frontiers between photography and film. This anniversary will be the occasion to promote a two-day forum of debate on photography and film’s mutual influence, as well as on the prevailing themes brought about by Chris Marker’s work (memory and image, trauma, image and narrative). Theorizing photography and film (ontologies, histories) has been a core issue since digital revolution and scholars have, in recent years, produced a substancial and fascinating criticism on the relation between the two media (e.g. Doane, Raymond Bellour, Rancière, Laura Mulvey, James Elkins gave significant contributions to this debate).This conference aims to foster new debates on these media ontologies.
Philippe Dubois and David Company will be joining us in Lisbon for this occasion as keynote speakers.
See the program here.
