Ex-Cinema: From a Theory of Experimental Film and Video

by Akira Mizuta Lippit

Book Overview

What does it mean for film and video to be experimental? In this collection of essays framed by the concept "ex-"--meaning from, outside, and no longer--Akira Mizuta Lippit explores the aesthetic, technical, and theoretical reverberations of avant-garde film and video. Ex-Cinema is a sustained reflection on the ways in which experimental media artists move outside the conventions of mainstream cinema and initiate a dialogue on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520274148
• ISBN13: 9780520274143
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"