The Cinema as Laboratory
08.01.2010
In French avant-garde literally means “advance guard,” a military term used for troops leading an attack across the battlefield. In film and art in general it is used to describe a work that breaks new ground in order to define a new way of seeing the world and thus of living in it.

The story of cinema begins with science but the conversation has developed through artistic practice and experimentation. In the next lecture of the 2010 College of Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS) Public Lecture Series at UCC, Ms Claire Feeley will touch upon some of the important histories of avant-garde cinema from the perspectives of both technical and artistic innovation. Her lecture will look at some of the film makers: Jean Epstein, Peter Kubelka, Joseph Cornell, Michel Snow and Hollis Frampton.

The lecture titled: “The Cinema as Laboratory” wil be delivered on Wednesday, January 13th at 8pm in Boole IV Lecture Theatre.

Claire Feeley is currently Glucksman Fellow in curatorial practice. Claire graduated as Student of the Year from UCD Mechanical Engineering in 2006 before completing a Masters in Contemporary Art Theory in NCAD (2008).

Organised by Professor William Reville, Public Awareness of Science Officer, UCC, the highly popular lecture series, continues weekly until March 10th 2010.

Admission to the lecture is free, and as always, members of the public are invited to attend. See http://understandingscience.ucc.ie

Picture: Claire Feeley

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