Confronting Realities - Cinematic Autosociobiographies

In relation to many recent literary works that move around the format of literary autosociobiography Confronting Realities asks from an art practical and theoretical point of view how the format of cinematic autosociobiographies can be explored, described and produced, especially focusing on the fundamentally collaborative character of filmmaking. The project is designed on four levels: Level (1) of Autosociobiographical Exploration that will create the Laboratory of cinematic autosociobiographies (LAFA). LAFA tries to probe, explore and search, to make accessible and to contextualize ones biography from an art-based perspective. Level (2) of Cinematic Forms and Techniques intends to develop and create narratives and cinematic techniques of cinematic (auto)sociobiographies and translating them into cinematic formats. Level (3) of Interdisciplinary and Theoretical Contextualization wishes to build a strong foundation and interconnection between art- based and interdisciplinary research about sociobiographies, cinematic forms and collaborative strategies of art production. Level (4) of Reflection and Evaluation intends to build a reflective framework around the project. During all these stages the Digital Archive of Cinematic Autosociobiographies (DAFA), a website-based representation and documentation platform, will ensure an ongoing dissemination and documentation of the project. So far, the field of cinematic autosociobiographies has not been explored neither theoretically nor practically, though several related cinematic formats exist. Confronting Realities therefore promises a pioneer work in this field. Furthermore, in times of a worldwide shift to the right marked by a rise in nationalism and populism, the question of social classes and its cultural, economic and political changes as well as their inscriptions into the individual have once again become topical. Primary staff involved in the project The Institute for Film and Television Film Academy Vienna / mdw University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna will host the project. The main contributors are Claudia Walkensteiner-Preschl (professor for media and film studies, project leader), Nina Kusturica (filmmaker, theatre director) Christina Wintersteiger (curator and media and film studies), Elena Meilicke (senior media and film studies scholar), and Barbara Wolfram (theatre & film artist and media and film studies & psychology scholar),

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