Topping, Jane (2014) 'Peter' premiere. [Show/Exhibition] In: 12th International Signes de Nuit, 15-21 September 2014, Studio des Ursulines & Institut Finlandais, Paris, France.
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Item Type: | Show/Exhibition |
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Authors: | Topping, Jane |
Abstract: | 'Peter' (digital film, 30 mins., 2014), directed by Jane Topping, premiered at the 12th International Festival Signes de Nuit in Paris in September 2014. The film was entered in the 'International competition (experimental) documentary' section of this film festival. The film re-frames what is considered a classic of dystopian cinema (Blade Runner, 1982, dir. Ridley Scott) with the intention of positioning the artist within the text and so implying that such radical gestures are not only warranted and necessary, but also implicit in the contemporary viewer’s experience of watching film. Peter manipulates found footage and narrative voice to reveal difficulties of viewer identification when watching Blade Runner. Peter makes use of wholesale appropriation of ‘facts’, both visual and textual, personal and public, in order to create a new reality around the film. The use of personal biography and the trope of the unreliable narrator are key elements in the discussion of the illusive nature of truth at the core of Peter. |
Official URL: | http://janetopping.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/1... |
Date: | 15 September 2014 |
Event Location: | Studio des Ursulines & Institut Finlandais, Paris, France |
Subject Headings: | 700 ARTS & RECREATION (INCL. SPORT) > 700 ARTS & RECREATION (collections, philosophy & education) > 709 Historical, Geographic, Persons Treatment of Fine Decorative Arts 700 ARTS & RECREATION (INCL. SPORT) > 700 ARTS & RECREATION (collections, philosophy & education) > 701 Philosophy of fine & decorative arts 700 ARTS & RECREATION (INCL. SPORT) > 700 ARTS & RECREATION (collections, philosophy & education) > 704 Special topics in fine & decorative arts 700 ARTS & RECREATION (INCL. SPORT) > 770 PHOTOGRAPHY & COMPUTER ART > 776 Computer art (Digital art) |
Departments: | Academic Departments > Institute of Arts (IOA) > Fine Arts |
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Depositing User: | Jane Topping |
Date Deposited: | 04 Jul 2016 15:29 |
Last Modified: | 06 Jul 2021 11:01 |
URI: | https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/2302 |
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