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International Congress

The Impure Image
Peter Greenaway: cinema, body, painting
(23rd-25th November 2006)


This congress is intended to analyze the work of the British film  
director Peter Greenaway, concerning both cinema and art. He is one  
of the most important film makers nowadays, as well as one of the  
philosophical reformers of cinema, a draughtsman, a painter, a  
writer,   a critic and  a organizer of exhibitions.

             The beginning of his artistic career is still implicit  
in his films: painting and experimental cinema. One of the multiple  
influences of painting on his works can bee seen in the fact that the  
camera usually keeps the viewpoint of a painter before a model, which  
provides his cinema with certain theatricality. We can point out The  
Falls, a feature film he shot in 1980 with the British Film  
Institute«s support, as one of his most interesting works. It  
presents the imaginary biography of ninety-two people.   In 1982, he  
reached international success with The Draughtsman Contract, a  
thrilling, libertine and reflexive film around the matter of  
perspective as seen by a draughtsman of the 17 th century. This  
unique work combines some of Greenaway«s qualities: caustic spirit, a  
taste for experimentation, and culture game. Of course, he has not  
stopped making amazing feature films, amongst which we can mention :  
The Belly of an Architect, Prospero«s Books, Z.O.O, The Cook, the  
Thief, his Wife and her Lover and Tulse Luper«s suitcases, a project  
which includes three films, a TV series, books, a DVD and an  
interactive web.

As for his work as an artist, painting, draughtsmanship and  
installation have been central to his practice for the last thirty- 
five years. Greenaway«s works have been exhibited all over Europe  
(his 100 objects to represent the World, in Vienna, Paris and London,  
for instance), and he has even carried out installations in places  
such as the Louvre and Milan cathedral.

Invited speakers: Peter Greenaway (film maker), Omar Cal’bres  
(Universit‡ de Bolonia), Hans Belting (UniversitŠt Karlsruhe), Mario  
Perinola (Universit‡ Roma II),  y David Pascoe (University of Glasgow)

Lectures will be given in English and Spanish. Simultaneous  
translation provided.

Programme Commitee:
Fernando Castro Fl—rez, Salvador Rubio, Andrea Bellavita, David  
Pascoe, Pere Salabert, Domingo Hern‡ndez S‡nchez, JosŽ Saborit, Jorge  
Gorostiza y David Walton.

Organisers:
Pedro A. Cruz S‡nchez (Universidad de Murcia) and Miguel ç. Hern‡ndez- 
Navarro (Universidad Cat—lica San Antonio Murcia)

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