Workshop Description

We live in a world of ubiquitous imaging. Our senses are constantly bombarded with films, television shows, serials, news, YouTube and music videos, web series and video games. Images have seeped into the depths of our being. From public multiplexes to the secluded intimacy of our mobile phones, no part of contemporary life is devoid of moving images. We are surrounded, embraced and colonised by them. What do these images do to us? How do they affect our emotional, social, cultural and political states? How do they transform our subjectivity and modify our objectivity? And how do the settings in which we view moving images work on us, influencing our perception and experience?

This full-day workshop will arm participants with the analytical and critical skills to unpack, disentangle and analyse the ubiquitous world of moving image media. This workshop is a tool-kit that will equip participants with the fundamentals and basic techniques to read, interpret and deconstruct film and artists’ moving images.

Using the archive and history of cinema, film as an art form will be probed through a close analysis of historically important films as well as films and videos by artists participating in Sharjah Biennial 14. This workshop is designed for those who have little or no background in film.


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