TOWARDS THE OTHER (ARTS). Intersubjectivity and Intermediality in Sally Potter’s Films
TOWARDS THE OTHER (ARTS). Intersubjectivity and Intermediality in Sally Potter’s Films

Author(s): Judit Pieldner
Subject(s): Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Keywords: intermediality; Sally Potter; intersubjectivity; The Tango Lesson; The Roads Not Taken;
Summary/Abstract: Rooted in Sally Potter’s multimedia practices, film emerges throughout her artistic oeuvre at the crossroads of arts, and it is nourished by artistic impulses beyond its boundaries. The overflowing presence of the other arts has resulted in overtly intermedial and reflexive works, which attest to the symbiotic communion of arts. Rethinking the conclusions of earlier studies focused on the intermediality of The Tango Lesson (1997) (Pieldner 2019) as well as the intersensuality of The Roads Not Taken (2020) (Pieldner 2023), this paper aims to enlarge the frame of analysis by looking at a selection of films also including Sally Potter’s Yes (2004). In these films, intermediality and intersensuality appear as a performative space whereby the presence of the other arts is substantially linked to the theme of otherness. Intersubjectivity is among the central themes of Sally Potter’s films. This paper looks at how the issue of the Other is approached through intermedial crossroads among film and literature, painting, dance, theatre, and sculpture.

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