(No)motion and Silence of a Picture-thought According to JLG Cover Image

(Bez)ruch i cisza obrazu-myśli według JLG
(No)motion and Silence of a Picture-thought According to JLG

Author(s): Justyna Hanna Budzik
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Godard Jean-Luc; Kita Barbara

Summary/Abstract: A review of Barbara Kita’s book "Obraz zatrzymany. Praktyka i teoria późnego Godarda" ("Freeze frame. Practice and theory of late Godard") (2013). Justyna Budzik presents the structure of Barbara Kita’s scientific argument, and describes and comments on the methodology adopted by the author. The reviewer discusses the problem of reflection taken up by the author and explains three main categories which she applies in her interpretation of the late work of Jean-Luc Godard: slow motion/stop motion image, art painting (film frame), and photography. The reviewer also gives some attention to the context of contemporary theory of image (Georges Didi-Huberman, Gilles Deleuze) which inform Barbara Kita’s work.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 86
  • Page Range: 213-216
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Polish