> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:47:08 +0000
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> Subject: Re: [FILM-PHILOSOPHY] Reminder - Registration open 'Texture in Film' Symposium
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> Hi Lucy,
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> Do I need to register for this?
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> Sarah
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> On 19/02/2013 10:42, "Lucy Fife Donaldson" <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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> >Apologies for cross-posting.
> >
> >Dear All,
> >
> >A reminder that registration is open for the Centre for Film Studies
> >symposium ŒTexture in Film¹, 9th March, 2013, University of St Andrews.
> >
> >To register for the event:
> >http://onlineshop.st-andrews.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&catid=68
> >&modid=2&prodid=298&deptid=28&prodvarid=0
> >
> >Texture is more commonly discussed in relation to visual art and design,
> >music and literature than film. In these other disciplines, texture may
> >refer to the tactile quality of a surface, the way a surface is changed
> >by light, paint or other materials, the composition of fabric or
> >narrative (as in the root of the word, to make/weave), the pattern of
> >sound (rhythm and register) and the Œconcrete' properties of language
> >(metre, diction, syntax). Texture also has an important sensory
> >dimension: it expresses the feel of an object, surface or material, and
> >thus offers a way of acknowledging the importance of decisions around
> >formal properties to our responsiveness to film, and to its patterns, to
> >its overall shape. Considering texture in relation to film involves
> >attention to the fine detail of a film's realization, and offers the
> >potential to enrich discussions of form and sensation in film.
> >
> >This symposium will seek to explore ways in which thinking about texture
> >can reinvigorate discussion of film form across a variety of cinematic
> >contexts, as well as research practices (such as archival or
> >practice-based approaches); with particular emphasis on approaches drawn
> >from understandings of texture originating in study of visual art, music
> >and literature.
> >
> >The day will close with a roundtable event with an interdisciplinary
> >panel, designed to extend the discussion of the day.
> >
> >Panelists: Alex Clayton (University of Bristol), Sarah Dillon
> >(University of St Andrews), Ian Garwood (University of Glasgow) &
> >Alistair Rider (University of St Andrews)
> >
> >
> >For the programme and more
> >information:http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/filmstudies/events.php?eventid=178
> >
> >Please contact me if you have any queries about the event
> >([log in to unmask]).
> >
> >Best wishes,
> >
> >Lucy
> >Dr. Lucy Fife Donaldson
> >Teaching Fellow in Film Studies
> >Department of Film Studies
> >University of St Andrews
> >99 North Street
> >St. Andrews, KY16 9AD
> >Scotland, UK
> >Tel: 01334 4677483
> >
> >The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland, No:
> >SC013532
> >
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