Accented Essays: Documentary as Artistic Practice in Contemporary Audiovisual Works from Turkey
Loading...
Date
2019
Authors
Akçalı, Elif
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francıs Ltd
Open Access Color
OpenAIRE Downloads
OpenAIRE Views
Abstract
This article looks at the use of documentary filmmaking in contemporary artistic practices in Turkey, specifically focusing on three works that adopt a first-person, subjective viewpoint: Didem Pekun's Of Dice and Men (2016), Sener ozmen's How to Tell of Peace to a Living Dove? (2015), and Aykan Safoglu's Off-White Tulips (2013). Made by artists in transition, these films tackle themes of belonging and identity through stylistic choices proper to essayistic filmmaking, which allow these works to be regarded as accented essays. The personal questions raised through the aesthetics they employ become relevant to collective issues of culture, history, and memory, offering an alternative understanding of the social context, which was largely affected by the political events during the period in which they were made.
Description
Keywords
Essay film, Documentary, Contemporary art, Turkey, Accented cinema
Turkish CoHE Thesis Center URL
Fields of Science
Citation
0
WoS Q
Q4
Scopus Q
Q1
Source
Volume
33
Issue
2
Start Page
42
End Page
55