29 Settembre | XRLab Seminars: Contemporary Frameworks for Moving Image Analysis

Sala Malliani, Via Festa del Perdono, 7.

Curated by Francesco Cassata, Barbara Grespi, and Roberto P. Malaspina

Within the framework of the EXT Research Centre, XRLab is pleased to announce the study day Contemporary Frameworks for Moving Image Analysis, dedicated to contemporary perspectives on the analysis of moving images. The event will bring together Italian and international scholars to discuss approaches and methodologies spanning film and visual culture studies, image theory, media archaeology, and cinematic experience.

Tuesday 29

9:15–9:30: Welcome Address 

Morning Panels: Film and Visual Culture Studies 

Chair: Rossana Galimi (University of Milan) 

09:30–09:50 Mary Harrod: Poetics of the Streaming-Era Audiovisual Imaginary (University of Warwick)

09:50–10:10 Maria Paola Pierini: Beyond the Actor: Film Acting and Its Professional Intermediaries (University of Turin)

10:10–10:30 Douglas Morrey: Thinking about Thinking about Pleasure in the Nouvelle Vague (with Nouvelle Vague) (University of Warwick) 

10.30–11.00: Discussion

11:00–11:15 Coffee break

Chair: Giovanni Perolo (University of Milan)

11:15–11:40 Maria Teresa Soldani & Francesco Cassata: The Landscape between Film Analysis and Media Archaeology (University of Milan)

11:40–12:00 Valeria Villegas Lindvall: Reframing Epistemology in the Study of Latin American Genre Cinema (Independent Researcher)

12.00–12.20 Barbara Grespi: Classical Cinema and the Scientific Imaginary (University of Milan)

12.20–12.50 Discussion

12:50–14:00 Lunch break

Afternoon Panel: Image Theory and Cinematic Experience

Chair: Alice Peli (University of Milan) 

14:00–14:20 Andrea Pinotti: Are there non-moving images at all? (University of Milan)

14:20–14:40 Roberto P. Malaspina: Film and Installation Art (University of Milan) 

14:40–15:00 Maria Ida Bernabei (University of Turin), Jennifer Malvezzi (Independent Researcher): EX Series: Scientific Films, Experimental Film Theory, and the Challenge of Analysis

15.00–15.30 Discussion