David Budapest Pp Final

Clarifying the mysteries of an exposed intimacy

Analysis of A.Verrier’s Pocket Film : Porte de Choisy

Gaby David - Lhivic - EHESS

Mobile Communication and the Ethics of Social

Networking Conference, Budapest,

September 25–27, 2008

Gaby David - Lhivic - EHESS Budapest conference

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BATHROOM

intimate personal space

little light

grainy

little movement


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BED

couple’s place

out of frame

out of focus

movement


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DESK

relational place,

virtual ball

freeze frame

long take

suspended time


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First film extract - Bathroom

QuickTime™ et undécompresseur Animation

sont requis pour visionner cette image.


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Photogramme Porte de Choisy


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Second film extract - Bed




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Photogrammes Porte de Choisy


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C. W. Eckersberg, Woman Standing in Front of a Mirror , 1841, Den Hirschsprungske Samling, København

G. Seurat, Poseuse de dos, 1887, Huile sur bois, H. 24,5 ; L. 15,5 cm, Paris, Musée d'Orsay©

Toulouse Lautrec, The Toilette, 1891, 67 x 54 cm; Musée D'Orsay, Paris.


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Third film extract - Desk





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Conclusion – camphone images

• Experimental creativity potentiality

• Much more « capture & send » - sharing

• Voyeuristic exercises

• Intimate dimension legitimizes image production & image confirms that intimacy

• Exposure limits are blurred

• Familiarity also intrigues

To watch « Porte de choisy » on line:

http://www.festivalpocketfilms.fr/


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