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- Title
TOWARDS A CINÉMA FÉMININE : Quilting as a Form of Feminist Discourse.
- Authors
Egan, Kelly F. W.
- Abstract
Kelly Egan is Associate Professor in Cultural Studies at Trent University whose work focuses on materiality and obsolescence, reimagining dead media through thelens of contemporary art practices, and considering the story of a medium outside of its hierarchal, canonical and linear history. Her award-winning films have screened internationally, including at the Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Images Festival, amongst others. In this essay, I propose we recognize an androcentric foundation in film studies and film production, and explore the structural possibilities for what I call cinéma féminine – a reimagining of “women’s work” like cooking, sewing, crafting, and quilting through new and innovative film practices. Using my first two film quilts c: won eyed jail (2005) and Athyrium Filix-Femina (For Anna Atkins) (2016) as examples, I suggest structuring and editing film using the patterns and visual language of quiltmaking rather than devices that come from western literary traditions.
- Subjects
NEW York (State); QUILTING; FILM festivals; QUILTS; FILM studies; MOTION picture editing; MOTION picture screenings
- Publication
Écrans, 2022, Issue 17, p215
- ISSN
2267-4357
- Publication type
Article