À partir de l’œuvre du cinéaste et artiste hongrois Péter Forgács, la thèse aborde plus généralement la question du remontage de films amateurs dans le documentaire contemporain et examine les enjeux esthétiques, historiques et politiques du remploi des films de famille. Les concepts de déterritorialisation et de reterritorialisation développés par Gilles Deleuze et Félix Guattari nous permettent d’interroger la manière dont la pratique « archéologique » du remontage ouvre les films de famille à de multiples resignifications. Comment traversent-ils des territoires esthétiques, géographiques, institutionnels et politiques, de mémoire, d’histoire et de pensée ? Comment, à travers le temps, les histoires que contiennent ces rouleaux des pellicules substandard sont-elles traversées par l’Histoire ? Comment ces films peuvent-ils, rétrospectivement, subvertir la construction officielle de l’histoire et de la mémoire et renégocier la perception du temps historique ? Quelle métahistoire construisent-ils ?L’analyse de la déterritorialisation et de la reterritorialisation des films de famille par le remploi, nous permet d’interroger la manière dont la pratique du remontage crée un nouveau territoire cinématographique, où la mémoire et l’histoire du passé comme de l’avenir peuvent être creusées dans et par l’image. Ici apparaissent les enjeux poét(h)iques et politiques du remploi. / Through the work of Hungarian artist and filmmaker Péter Forgács, the thesis addresses the question of the reuse (remontage) of amateur films in contemporary documentary and examines the aesthetic, historical and political implications of the appropriation of home movies. The concepts of deterritorialization and reterritorialization developed by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari allow us to question how the “archeological” practice of reassembly exposes home movies to multiple significations. How can they traverse aesthetic, geographical, institutional and political territories as well as territories of memory, history and thought? How are the stories contained in these rolls of substandard film traversed by History? How can these films subvert the official construction of history and memory and renegotiate the perception of historical time? What metahistory do they establish?The analysis of deterritorialization and reterritorialization of home movies allows us to question how the practice of reassembly creates a new cinematographic territory, in which memory and history of the past, as of the future, can be mined in and by the image. Thus remontage implicates poet(h)ical and political issues.

[pt] Com base na experiência do autor como realizador de filmes feitos com imagens encontradas -found footage-, a dissertação procura identificar as razões que levam cineastas inseridos em um contexto social contemporâneo a dispensarem registros cinematográficos autorais e optarem por fragmentos de formatos e origens diversos. Parte-se do pressuposto de que a escolha da imagem do outro potencializa liberdade poética e conceitual ao artista em seu discurso sobre os tempos atuais e expressos nos filmes montados a partir da apropriação de imagens-ruína. Nesse movimento, busca-se a identidade fraturada, característica que se acentua na produção cinematográfica a partir dos anos 90, concomitante ao processo de revisão histórica pela qual o mundo passa. Nesse âmbito, as noções de apropriação, ressignificação, modernidade, ruína, memória e arquivo serão vistas sob a perspectiva histórica e da prática cinematográfica. / [en] Based on the author s experience as a director of found footage films, the current dissertation aims at identifying the reasons that induce filmmakers within a contemporary social context to set aside authorial cinematographic records in order to embrace fragments of several shapes and origins. This study is based on the supposition that the image of the Other is chosen due to reinforce both poetic and conceptual freedom of the artist, whose discourse lies on the present times, as shown in the films edited with appropriate ruin-images. In this movement, I try to explore the fractured identity, a characteristic that is accentuated in film productions since the 1990s, simultaneously with the historical review process the world hás been going through since then. In this context, the notions of appropriation, resignification, modernity, ruin, and archival are addressed under the historical perspective and cinematic practice.

[pt] Esta pesquisa investiga as relações formais e conceituais entre o uso de imagens de arquivo e o gesto ensaístico a partir de três eixos: o ensaísmo no uso das imagens de arquivo; a linguagem cinematográfica como ferramenta política; e reflexões sobre o arquivo nas práticas de contra-arquivo. Através de uma abordagem transdisciplinar e do cruzamento entre reflexões sobre cinema, arquivo, história e política, procuro oferecer respostas às perguntas: como o uso de imagens de arquivo pode ser um dispositivo para o filme-ensaio? E como a arte, em especial, o cinema pode colaborar na luta contra regimes hegemônicos? / [en] This research investigates the formal and conceptual relationships between the use of archive images and the essayistic gesture based on three axes: essayism in the use of archive images; cinematographic language as a political tool; and reflections on the archive in the light of counter-archive practices. Through a transdisciplinary approach and in the intersection of discussions on cinema, archives, history and politics, I try to offer answers to the following questions: how the use of archival images can become a device for the essay film? And how can art, and in particular cinema, contribute to the battle against hegemonic regimes?

This paper is an exploration of the concepts and motivations behind the video installation and performance that made up my MFA Thesis Exhibition. My primary interest as a filmmaker is in the “invisible art” of editing. In my practice I employ iconic imagery such as old home movies and classic Hollywood films, as my source material. This “found footage” is deconstructed, drastically altered, and reassembled into a new movie that tells my story while still maintaining the memory of the original images. My process and philosophy concerning the salvage and repurposing of video is analyzed and discussed. I also examine my experience in translating video editing into a live improvisational performance.

Surrounding materials, signage, and detritus on the daily path offer plenty to look at, if not too much. The eye seeks comfort in its passive vision by ignoring its peripheries. Identification of my personal vision reveals itself through the manipulation of ignored material. I consider hand-made vs. machine made, singular vs. the multiple particularly in plastics, packaging and other utilitarian objects. Industrial processes influence my one-person operation. Understanding the way objects are made allows for an opportunity to connect with them. I’m already surrounded by them, the least I can do is get to know them better.

Student Number : 9406610A - MA(FA) dissertation - School of Fine Art - Faculty of Arts / This thesis is a study of the box constructions of New York artist Joseph Cornell from the early 1930s to the late 1960s, and the influence of his work on that of contemporary American jeweller Thomas Mann, as well as my own artistic production. The key areas of focus are the process of assemblage and the implications of the box format, with the following themes being explored: miniature space and time; preciousness; fetishism and voyeurism. These are followed through into the section on my own work, where the additional subjects of the history of collecting, automata and the stop-frame animation of filmmaker Jan Švankmajer are discussed. The conclusion that I reach is about the potential power residing in found objects, which form the basis of Cornell’s, Mann’s and my own work.

Cette thèse s’efforce de penser le remploi d’archives comme un acte de création qui signale une possibilité fondamentale du medium filmique, à même d’exercer un retour à sa propre matérialité. Pour ce faire, elle s’appuie sur l’analyse de trois films contemporains - X+ (2010) de Marylène Negro, The Uprising (2012) de Peter Snowdon et Pays barbare (2013) de Yervant Gianikian et Angela Ricci Lucchi. L’hypothèse que cette recherche entend vérifier est qu’il n’y a de cinéma que de seconde main. A partir d’une lecture des thèses de Benjamin sur le langage et la traduction, la reprise et la répétition au principe de toute expression filmique sont étudiées comme les conditions requises pour que puissent émerger des formes radicalement neuves. Les propositions filmiques analysées, en travaillant des formes fragmentaires ou en explorant la dimension polyrythmique du remploi d’images, invitent à envisager l’écran et au-delà l’archive elle-même comme des opérateurs de l’événement. Reposant sur une dimension dialogique et relationnelle de l’image filmique, le montage d’archive est indissociablement poétique et politique. Les formes qu’en proposent les artistes étudiés invitent à considérer d’un même tenant pratique filmique, archéologie des techniques et histoire des peuples. Le remploi d’archives opère un acte duel : manifester ce que le monde a été et dire dans le même temps ce qu’il peut devenir. Le montage d’archives se comprend alors comme un geste exécuté au présent, pour le présent, à travers lequel pointe l’image d’un monde ouvert. / Based on the analysis of three contemporary films (X+ by Marylène Negro, Pays barbare by Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi, The Uprising by Peter Snowdon), this PhD aims to reconsider the found footage practice as a creative act that points to a fundamental potential of cinematographic media to perform a feedback on its own materiality. This PhD states as an initial hypothesis that all cinema is a second hand cinema. Using as a starting point Walter Benjamin’s works on language and translation, the reemployment and the repetition as principle of every filmic expression are considered as essential conditions for the rise of radically new forms. The topic follows three main lines : forms, rhythm and events. Theses issues are tackled in order to highlight that the cinematographic works analysed in this PhD – combining fragmentary forms or exploring the polyrhythmic dimension of found footage - allow to consider the screen and further more, the archive itself, as agents of the event. Based on the dialogic and relational dimension of moving image, the archive editing is inextricably poetic and political. Hence cinematographic practice, archaeology of techniques and political history are considered as fundamental materials by the filmmakers studied in this PhD. The reemployment as used by these artists operate a dual act : show the world as it has been and in the mean time say what this world could become. The archive editing can thus be understood as a gesture performed in the present time, for the present, a gesture that reveals the image of a world full of possibilities.

Le projet de doctorat dès arts Le cinéaste comme archiviste explore à l’aide de matériel d’archives existant le lien entre les représentations objective et artistique de l’histoire. Cette recherche s’appuie sur la collection de films d’archives consacrés à Bruxelles conservée à la Cinémathèque royale de Belgique (Cinematek). J’ai utilisé ce matériel d’archives de diverses manières au cours de ma recherche artistique.Un premier défi a consisté à établir, pour le DVD Bruxelles, ville en images, une sélection de films d’archives parmi la collection de la Cinematek consacrée à Bruxelles. Une sélection qui illustre le passé de Bruxelles, dans une perspective historique et esthétique. En tant que scénariste duDVD, j’ai joué le rôle d’archiviste, restant en ce sens fidèle au matériel original, d’un point de vue tant historique qu’esthétique.Au double titre de chercheur et réalisateur, j’ai entrevu un autre défi: réaliser un film de fiction basé sur ce même matériel d’archives consacré à Bruxelles. Il en est résulté le film en found footage Night has come, conçu comme une mosaïque de souvenirs du protagoniste. Le matérield’archives donne une forme visuelle à ces souvenirs. La façon dont le film matérialise les souvenirs est une métaphore du fonctionnement de la mémoire. Celle du protagoniste n’est pas univoque; ses souvenirs sont en proie à la sélection, à la distorsion, à la fragmentation, à la répétition et à l’oubli.Enfin, un troisième défi résidait dans l’écriture du livre Restitution. Tout en y relatant la vie de Raymond Devaux, le réalisateur d’une série de films familiaux que j’ai utilisés dans le long métrage Night has come, j’y explore le rapport entre fiction historique et histoire dans la représentation des sources historiques. J’explore également le rapport entre fiction et vérité en faisant appel à des sources virtuelles, comme le manuscrit de Raymond Devaux que j’ai moi-même écrit, ou au matériel existant qui prend une nouvelle signification dans un autre contexte, comme Tipping Point, ma série de portraits que Devaux aurait peints. / Doctorat en Art et Sciences de l'Art / Les œuvres artistiques suivantes appartiennent à cette thèse :- Le Film Night has come (63 min.)- Le livre Restitutie (71 pages)- La série de peintures 'Tipping Point' (14) / Cotutelle également réalisée au sein de la ERASMUSHOGESCHOOL BRUSSEL / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

A narrative qualitative research approach was used to understand the role that spiritual journeys had on the lives of emerging adults. Participants were four emerging adults (2 female, 2 male) ranging in age from 20 to 29 years. All participants were of middle class social economic status and lived in a mid-size Canadian prairie city. Three of the participants were Caucasian and the fourth was of Spanish-Caucasian ancestry. Semi-structured interviews provided the opportunity for the participants to share their stories regarding the role that their spiritual journey played in their life. Data were analyzed for themes within and across the participants stories. A visual representation of their collective journeys was created along with four-part poetic representations of each participants individual story. The stories that the participants shared revealed that emerging adults spiritual journeys were cyclical in that the journeys began with feelings of discontent, which led them to seek spiritual resources and experiences to address the unhappiness in their lives. In acquiring new knowledge, the participants were faced with different theories, ideas and experiences that brought forth additional questions. These new areas of thought led these individuals to search for further answers and meaning, bring forth new questions, new meaning, and in turn, the process became a cycle. The cycle that began with their initial discontent continued because of a desire for further knowledge.<p> Findings are discussed in terms of the current literature on spirituality in emerging adulthood and spirituality in relation to meaning making; implications are discussed for counselors, educators, and researchers and recommendations are made for future research.

solid objects is a collection of objects and its cultural life, where the roles of the object, artist, collector, museum, writer, publisher and curator are suspended to reemerge in other possible forms. In this work the text becomes an object, the pocket a museum, the collection a persona, the artist its curator, the writer a sign.