Authors, critics and curators Iris Barry, Lotte Eisner and Kashiko Kawawita are among the first women in the world to have championed the specific recognition of cinema as an art and production system in museums since the first half of the 20th century. Through prolific and unceasing action they worked on the genesis and development respectively of the Film Library of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in the United States, the Cinémathèque Française in Paris and the Japanese Film Library. From different areas, thanks to their boundless activism, they have shaped these film institutions from a network of contacts and exchanges mainly towards Europe. The contribution, starting with a re-reading of their writings and testimonies over time, aims to illuminate biographical similarities and differences and to recognise their legacy in the conception of cinema and museums. Their mobility and positions will reveal how the history of cinema has been affirmed through similar figures in a 'dialectical' manner in relation to international, economic and socio-cultural landscapes.
Autrici, critiche e curatrici Iris Barry, Lotte Eisner e Kashiko Kawawita sono tra le prime donne ad aver sostenuto nel mondo, dalla prima metà del Novecento, il riconoscimento specifico del cinema come arte e sistema produttivo nei musei. Attraverso un’azione prolifica e incessante hanno lavorato alla genesi e allo sviluppo rispettivamente della Film Library del Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) negli Stati Uniti, della Cinémathèque Française a Parigi e della Japanese Film Library. Da differenti aree, grazie a un incessante attivismo, hanno modellato queste istituzioni filmiche partendo da una rete di contatti e scambi soprattutto verso l’Europa. Il contributo, partendo da una rilettura degli scritti e delle testimonianze nel tempo, mira a illuminare similitudini e differenze biografiche e a riconoscerne l’eredità nella concezione del cinema e dei musei. La loro mobilità e le posizioni assunte potranno rivelare come la storia del cinema si sia affermata attraverso figure simili in maniera “dialettica” rispetto ai panorami internazionali, economici e socioculturali.
Fautrici dei musei del cinema nel mondo: Iris Barry, Lotte Eisner e Kashiko Kawakita
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2021-01-01
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Authors, critics and curators Iris Barry, Lotte Eisner and Kashiko Kawawita are among the first women in the world to have championed the specific recognition of cinema as an art and production system in museums since the first half of the 20th century. Through prolific and unceasing action they worked on the genesis and development respectively of the Film Library of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in the United States, the Cinémathèque Française in Paris and the Japanese Film Library. From different areas, thanks to their boundless activism, they have shaped these film institutions from a network of contacts and exchanges mainly towards Europe. The contribution, starting with a re-reading of their writings and testimonies over time, aims to illuminate biographical similarities and differences and to recognise their legacy in the conception of cinema and museums. Their mobility and positions will reveal how the history of cinema has been affirmed through similar figures in a 'dialectical' manner in relation to international, economic and socio-cultural landscapes.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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