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Notes on Unstable Cinematic Horizons: Depth, Frontality, and Circularity in Cinematic Art Installations

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Notes on Unstable Cinematic Horizons: Depth, Frontality, and Circularity in Cinematic Art Installations

Hugo de Almeida Pinho, Stein (2018) (courtesy of the artist)

Adopting a transhistorical and interdisciplinary approach, this article reflects on the multiplicity of contemporary screens and their influence on today’s modes of vision. Questioning the relational ontologies between screen, moving images, and body-technology, it analyzes three exhibitions that incorporate non-linear practices, reconfiguring the screen in three essential dimensions: depth (Baklite, 2016, Alexandre Estrela), laterality (Pedra Pedra, 2018, Hugo de Almeida Pinho), and circularity (Olho Zoomórfico/Camera Trap, 2018, Mariana Silva). The article also addresses changes undergone by the images’ frames and the consequent paradigm shift in how the viewer physically relates to these images, in order to consider perceptive, cognitive, and topological reconfigurations in moving image exhibition formats in museums and art galleries.

To cite this item:

Castelo Branco S (2021) Notes on Unstable Cinematic Hori- zons: Depth, Frontality, and Circularity in Cinematic Art Installations. The Garage Journal: Studies in Art, Museums & Culture, 04: 115–133. DOI: 10.35074/GJ.2021.64.78.009

Published: 30.11.2021

Publication type: Article