A Tale of Two Desktops: The First Czech Films in Parallel Worlds

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A Tale of Two Desktops: The First Czech Films in Parallel Worlds
Original language description
This videographic essay builds on the book Towards a Film Theory from Below and explores how we can approach early cinema and archival film both theoretically and videographically. It examines how nitrate film materials from the beginnings of cinema – with all their weird shapes, textures, and visual quirks – survive and circulate in the digital age. We trace these materials across the online landscape, where they appear in forms ranging from compressed video files to 4K scans and AI-enhanced versions. At the same time, we engage with them in the physical world through experiments with printed film frames and investigate their tactile and material qualities. Focusing on three films, twenty-six frames, and a single GIF, the audiovisual essay proposes a new vision of archival film. Rather than treating archival fragments such as Kříženecký’s films as mere ruins of the past, we argue they are always-already open to speculative, yet materially grounded, reimagination.
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Czech description
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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