EXQUISITE CORPSE >>> EXQUISITE CORPSE >>> EXQUISITE CORPSE.

______________________________________________________    SARA

1. “AUDIENCES WILL NO LONGER STAND FOR A LACK OF DIVERSITY! IN ITS LISTS AND ITS POLLS, IN ITS CASTING AND ITS TOKENISM. IN ITS POWERFUL STUDIOS AND BIG BUDGET PRODUCTIONS. ITS AWARD CEREMONIES AND STAR POWER ORIENTATION, ITS BLINDING LACK OF VIRTUE. IS CINEMA A DYING ART, OR IS IT MERELY FOLLOWING A DYING MODEL?“

2. ______________________”THE BIRTH OF CINEMA AND ITS NARRATIVE IS A LIE. ITS TRUTH MUST BE SHARED, ITS HISTORY REWRITTEN, BUT LET ITS FIRST “TRUTH” REMAIN IN ORDER TO REFLECT ON THE PAST. WE MUST BAND TOGETHER TO FORM ITS NEW NARRATIVE! ONE THAT NO LONGER OMITS THE CRAFT OF THE OPPRESSED, AND CHALLENGES THE VERY FOUNDATION UPON WHICH THE INSTITUTION OF CINEMA HAS BEEN BUILT ON, BEFORE IT REACHES ITS OWN SELF-MADE DEMISE.”

3. ________________________________________________”WHERE ARE THE RADICALS, THE REVOLUTIONARIES, THE EXPERIMENTAL THINKERS AND AVANT-GARDE CREATORS? WHERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE NOT HYPNOTISED AND CONSUMED BY THE STRUCTURES OF POWER, status, WEALTH AND class OF WHICH DOMINATE CINEMA? THIS IS A CALL TO THOSE WHO WISH TO SEE CINEMA’S FIRST NARRATIVE KNOCKED OFF ITS PEDESTAL! WHERE WILL YOU BE WHEN IT COMES TIME TO DENOUNCE THE CANON IN ITS CURRENT STATE?”

A manifesto which represents an eclipse of today’s cinema and its dichotomy, for a new moon of cinephilia and its culture has arrived. Presented in the form of a written manifesto, with an audio-visual essay to accompany it, both calling for truth to be spoken to the canon and a reformation of its ways. 

A manifesto produced after many hours spent diving deep into the archives of the canon, seeking to unveil the canon’s truth away from the cult of the auteur. The process involved experimental distortion and the “menial” task of cutting and weaving together found-footage from films of the Sight & Sound poll; a singular edit featuring a multitude of hidden truths. A multi-layered aural collage consisting of scores from the canon, spoken word, dialogue, and local sounds of Melbourne’s electronic avant-garde, mixed by me, soundtrack the visual piece. 

A manifesto that celebrates the art of appropriation and multidisciplinary means of creation, away from the confines of tradition and employing all that has been learned of the imperial, archival silencing of the Western canon.

REFORMATION OF THE CANON >>> REFORMATION OF THE CANON >>>

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