(Re)viewing Punk Cinema

• Autores: Allister Gall
• Localización: Avanca / Cinema 2012 / Cine Clube de Avanca (dir.), 2012, ISBN 978-989-96858-2-6, págs. 704-710
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper proposes that adopting (in full for the first time) (DIY), punk principles can dismantle obstacles incontemporary film and democratise a participatory film practice. To do this I will discuss my own practice, which hastranslated the energy of the DIY punk underground music scene into a cinema practice. This has been facilitatedby IMPERFECT CINEMA, an open platform for filmic activity and research. The project has supported a collectionof diverse participatory activity: micro cinema events, workshops in schools and communities, cine clubs andcollaborations, and has acted as a framework for study into cinema, punk and DIY culture. The local communityenergises my practice, which attempts to avoid a position of mastery by focusing on punk’s participatory tendenciesrather than its themes, subjects or styles. Jacques Rancière (2003: 219) argues for a ‘rupturing’ of order between theboundaries of art and politics. In adopting a ‘no expert’ approach, my argument is formed by practice, participationand experience, exploring DIY punk aesthetics and how they translate to cinema. This has been achieved with avariety of methods including collaboration, organising events, workshops, academic research presentations andwriting, and producing films for the IMPERFECT CINEMA project. These activities represent my (re)viewing of punkcinema.