In 1968, American artist Ken Jacobs obtained a 16mm print of Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son, a film shot by G. W. Bitzer in 1905. Fascinated by this object, which borrows as primary visual source an engraving by William Hogarth (Southwark Fair, 1734), Jacobs minutely explored it by refilming the screen on which he projected it. The result is a critical work carried out with purely visual means, but also a puzzling cinematic experience that atomizes its own object of study.
CLIL theme: 3157 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Sciences de l'information et de la communication
ISBN:978-2-406-16972-7
EAN:9782406169727
ISSN: 2491-2557
DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-16972-7.p.0231
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 05-15-2024
Periodicity: Biannual
Language: French
Keyword: experimental cinema, William Hogarth, Ken Jacobs, found footage, Gottfried Wilhelm (Billy) Bitzer, projection, analysis, distraction, fetish