Stan Brakhage, Maya Deren and Jonas Mekas: towards a poetics of the amateur

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Autor(a) principal: Valles, Rafael
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Intexto (Porto Alegre)
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Resumo: This article will analyze the question of the amateur within the context of North-American avant-garde cinema, and the way in which the theoretical work of directors Stan Brakhage, Maya Deren and Jonas Mekas has contributed for the elaboration of a poetics of this term. The analysis of this theme will be grounded on the following texts: Amateur Versus Professional (Deren, 1959), In Defense of Amateur (Brakhage, 1971), and The Changing Language of Cinema (Mekas, 1962). Our study will focus on the following aspects: socioeconomic, artistic, and technical. The article defends the position that these texts have a historical and theoretical importance on the term and contribute to understand its poetics.
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spelling Stan Brakhage, Maya Deren and Jonas Mekas: towards a poetics of the amateurStan Brakhage, Maya Deren e Jonas Mekas: por uma poética do amateurCinema de Vanguarda Norte-americano. Amateur. Stan Brakhage. Maya Deren. Jonas Mekas.American Avant-garde Cinema. Amateur. Stan Brakhage. Maya Deren. Jonas Mekas.This article will analyze the question of the amateur within the context of North-American avant-garde cinema, and the way in which the theoretical work of directors Stan Brakhage, Maya Deren and Jonas Mekas has contributed for the elaboration of a poetics of this term. The analysis of this theme will be grounded on the following texts: Amateur Versus Professional (Deren, 1959), In Defense of Amateur (Brakhage, 1971), and The Changing Language of Cinema (Mekas, 1962). Our study will focus on the following aspects: socioeconomic, artistic, and technical. The article defends the position that these texts have a historical and theoretical importance on the term and contribute to understand its poetics.Este artigo pretende analisar a questão do amateur no contexto do cinema de vanguarda norte-americano e de que forma as obras teóricas dos realizadores Stan Brakhage, Maya Deren e Jonas Mekas contribuíram para elaborar uma concepção poética sobre esse termo. A análise do tema será feita a partir dos seguintes textos: Amateur versus Profesional (Deren, 1959), In defense of amateur (Brakhage, 1971) e A linguagem mutante do cinema (Mekas, 1962). A metodologia estará centrada nos aspectos socioeconômico, artístico e técnico. O artigo defende a posição de que esses textos possuem uma importância histórica e teórica sobre o termo e contribuem para compreender a sua poética. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul2020-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/intexto/article/view/9295210.19132/1807-8583202048.176-193Intexto; n. 48, jan./abr. Dossiê Teoria de Cineastas; 176-193Intexto; n. 48, jan./abr. Dossiê Teoria de Cineastas; 176-193Intexto; n. 48, jan./abr. Dossiê Teoria de Cineastas; 176-193Intexto; n. 48, jan./abr. Dossiê Teoria de Cineastas; 176-193Intexto; n. 48, jan./abr. Dossiê Teoria de Cineastas; 176-1931807-8583reponame:Intexto (Porto Alegre)instname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)instacron:UFRGSporhttps://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/intexto/article/view/92952/54026Copyright (c) 2019 Rafael Valleshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessValles, Rafael2023-02-27T18:04:08Zoai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/92952Revistahttp://seer.ufrgs.br/intextoONGhttp://seer.ufrgs.br/intexto/oai||intexto@ufrgs.br1807-85831807-8583opendoar:2023-02-27T18:04:08Intexto (Porto Alegre) - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)false
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Stan Brakhage, Maya Deren e Jonas Mekas: por uma poética do amateur
title Stan Brakhage, Maya Deren and Jonas Mekas: towards a poetics of the amateur
spellingShingle Stan Brakhage, Maya Deren and Jonas Mekas: towards a poetics of the amateur
Valles, Rafael
Cinema de Vanguarda Norte-americano. Amateur. Stan Brakhage. Maya Deren. Jonas Mekas.
American Avant-garde Cinema. Amateur. Stan Brakhage. Maya Deren. Jonas Mekas.
title_short Stan Brakhage, Maya Deren and Jonas Mekas: towards a poetics of the amateur
title_full Stan Brakhage, Maya Deren and Jonas Mekas: towards a poetics of the amateur
title_fullStr Stan Brakhage, Maya Deren and Jonas Mekas: towards a poetics of the amateur
title_full_unstemmed Stan Brakhage, Maya Deren and Jonas Mekas: towards a poetics of the amateur
title_sort Stan Brakhage, Maya Deren and Jonas Mekas: towards a poetics of the amateur
author Valles, Rafael
author_facet Valles, Rafael
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Cinema de Vanguarda Norte-americano. Amateur. Stan Brakhage. Maya Deren. Jonas Mekas.
American Avant-garde Cinema. Amateur. Stan Brakhage. Maya Deren. Jonas Mekas.
topic Cinema de Vanguarda Norte-americano. Amateur. Stan Brakhage. Maya Deren. Jonas Mekas.
American Avant-garde Cinema. Amateur. Stan Brakhage. Maya Deren. Jonas Mekas.
description This article will analyze the question of the amateur within the context of North-American avant-garde cinema, and the way in which the theoretical work of directors Stan Brakhage, Maya Deren and Jonas Mekas has contributed for the elaboration of a poetics of this term. The analysis of this theme will be grounded on the following texts: Amateur Versus Professional (Deren, 1959), In Defense of Amateur (Brakhage, 1971), and The Changing Language of Cinema (Mekas, 1962). Our study will focus on the following aspects: socioeconomic, artistic, and technical. The article defends the position that these texts have a historical and theoretical importance on the term and contribute to understand its poetics.
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