Abstract
This peer-reviewed paper discusses two internationally recognised artists‘ films for the first time
together and through a novel interpretative lens. The films are: Elizabeth Price‘s At The House of Mr X
(2007), a 20min montage of static shots of a domestic interior superimposed with text; and Rut Blees
Luxemburg‘s London Winterreise (2013) a 6min journey through the City of London set to excerpts
from Schubert‘s eponymous song cycle. The paper‘s original proposition is that through different
techniques both these films engage with the tension between architecture as inhabited space and as
image in similarly revealing ways. Arguing against prevailing film theories and media philosophy -
among which Giuliana Bruno and several writers featured in this volume - where architecture and film
become practically interchangeable, this paper posits that the two media offer distinct modes of
engagement with the world. Drawing from a novel pairing of phenomenology and situationism, the
paper offers a new theoretical approach to these media and argues that the distance from embodied
experience inherent in filmic representation alongside the ellipsis and poetic intent in artists‘ films
open up a unique space for architectural critique and imagination.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Architecture Filmmaking |
| Editors | Igea Troiani, Hugh Campbell |
| Place of Publication | Bristol, UK |
| Publisher | Intellect Books |
| Pages | 39-56 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781783209941 |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Feb 2020 |
Keywords
- Architecture and the built environment