Blind Cinema. Beyond the Images Marta Azparren.
“Blind Cinema” is a multidisciplinary project that investigates the relationship between changes in scopic, aesthetic, and political regimes and the interruption of the image flow, specifically the image without image.
From Malevich’s black square to Instagram’s BlackOut Tuesday, it analyzes how monochromy, emptiness, or pause are needed to shift the register of images, from the event to the current viral overexposure, and how the absence of images returns to the emancipated viewer a consciousness toward action. Additionally, it aims to show how a certain dose of blindness is present in each phase of the aesthetic experience: poiesis (creation), aisthesis (reception), and catharsis (reaction). The text’s journey through the gallery of monochromes traverses four colors and four filmmakers: Jean-Luc Godard, the blind artist: the white screen of the moment of creation; Marguerite Duras, the monochrome work: black blindness through absence/desire; Harun Farocki, the blind viewer: the red screen that begins the revolution; and Derek Jarman: total blindness, the blue virus as an interruption. “Blind Cinema” is a book, but also a live film screening session, as blindness, as outlined in the book, emerges from direct experience with the film material.
In this session, aimed at a young audience involved in film and performance studies at ERAM, Azparren will talk about “blind cinema” from both theory and her own performance. The session is open to anyone interested.
This session is held in collaboration with the nyamnyam collective and is part of the creative residencies shared by Bòlit and the collective.
