RA Forum: The Cinematic Sublime
Thursday 3 May
Reynolds Room, Royal Academy, W1
6.30 – 8.00pm (£7/£4 students incl. drink)
These events draw from workshops held by the UCL Urban Laboratory in
collaboration with the AHRC, to further the RA Forum’s pursuit of the
social, cultural and aesthetic implications of contemporary cities.
This event explores how the cinematic sublime can open the
interpretation of
film and urban landscape to a multitude of different aesthetic,
cultural and
experiential possibilities. The understanding of the sublime has
recently
extended from a focus on an aesthetic experience of nature to include
human
artefacts in the landscape. Through discussion this event probes
cinematic
possibilities to reconfigure perceptions of landscape and the
“technological
sublime” ranging from Antonioni’s modern Italy to Ridley Scott’s
depiction
of a future Los Angeles. Stephen Barber, Professor of the digital
arts at
Kingston University will be discussing his new book Forgotten Cities and
Matthew Gandy, co-ordinator of the UCL Urban Laboratory, elaborates
on the
findings of the associated workshop.
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